SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has acknowledged the growing threat of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the ...

Vasundhara Tal is among the 13 glacial lakes identified as high-risk by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and ...

IIT researchers warn Himachal Pradesh of flood risks from nine expanding glacial lakes, raising concerns for downstream communities.

The global risk map for flash flooding caused by the overflow of these lakes, a phenomenon known as GLOF, has increased ...

Himalayan glaciers, which provide critical water to nearly 2 billion people, are melting faster as the planet heats, exposing communities to unpredictable, costly disasters.

Glacier collapse in Nepal triggered flash floods, mudslides and a barrier lake where a landslide dammed the river.

Chinese authorities announced a reduction in the threat from a glacier-formed lake near the China-Nepal border. The death toll has risen to 691, with thousands still unaccounted for across the ...

With around 1,000 people killed and thousands still missing after Nepal’s devastating glacier-related disaster, attention is turning to Sikkim, home to more than 400 glacial lakes. Sixteen lakes have ...

Uttarakhand has begun installing its first real-time glacial lake early-warning system at Vasundhara Tal in Chamoli to detect risks of sudden floods.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a glacial collapse caused the flash floods that swept through Nepal and Tibet in late ...

An online forecasting tool translates complex glacier data into information that gives residents and officials more time to ...