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Alton Byers

Mountain geographer and faculty research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, specialising in Himalayan glacial hazards and community preparedness.

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Nepal's deluge began as a glacier falling a kilometre into a river it then dammed

Satellite and seismic analyses point to ice that snapped off above 5,000 metres, blocked the Lhende Khola and burst through hours later. Almost no rain preceded it, which is why the region's flood warning tools had nothing to read.

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