Why early warning signs of glacier collapse in Nepal were difficult to detect
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What happened
The glacier collapse that led to devastating flash floods across the Himalayan region of Nepal and its border with the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet on August 26 was preceded by early warning signs, experts say. But monitoring and emergency alert systems in the region are still insufficient to predict such disasters.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below