Glacier Collapse May Have Sparked Nepal Flash Flood

100 Dead, 300 Missing, according to Nepal's government (54 Americans among hundreds missing)

Deadly Flash Flood Near Nepal's Border with Tibet Swallows Entire Border Crossing

Experts Say Glacier Collapse Sparked Deadly Flooding Reuters reports that the massive, "Day After Tomorrow"-like flash flood along Nepal's border with Tibet, which completely wiped out a border crossing, could have been triggered by a massive glacier collapse.

Planet Labs satellite imagery reviewed by scientists showed that the lower section of a glacier broke away at an elevation of roughly 5,200 meters before plunging about 1,200 meters onto the valley floor.

"What I can see in this morning's satellite imagery from Planet Labs, the lower part of a glacier broke off at about 5,200 meters and crashed onto the valley floor about 1,200 meters below," scientist Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary, told the outlet.

  The confirmed casualty count currently stands at 100 bodies recovered, while more than 300 travelers remain missing, according to Nepali authorities, who warned that the death toll could rise dramatically.

New York Post Reports: 

54 Americans among hundreds missing after deadly flood pummels China-Nepal border

 

 

 

SCMP cited Chinese state media outlets that said the flash flood struck the border area around 0900 local time before spilling into Gyirong County in Tibet, causing what authorities described as "major casualties and missing persons" at the border checkpoint.

More from SCMP:

In Nepal, 384 tourists and travelers were missing after the landslide, including 93 Nepalese and 291 foreigners, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.

The board said the missing foreigners included citizens from India, Australia, the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands. The nationalities of 111 individuals had yet to be confirmed.

Other dramatic footage:

 

Flood swept away a key bridge.

 

 (THIS WAS CAUSED BY A SERIES OF TYPHOONS OVERLOADING CHINA. THE CITIES HAVE INADEQUATE

DRAINAGE AND SEWER SYSTEMS. ONLY ONE MAJOR CITY HAS A SEWER SYSTEM THAT WORKS DURING THE

RAINY SYSTEM. AND IT WAS BUILT BY GERMANS OVER A CENTURY AGO BY GERMANS BEOFRE THE CCP ERA.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE EXTREME RAIN MELTED PART OF A GLACIER. THIS IS FROM MY BRAVE BROWSER AI:

  

The glacier collapse that triggered the deadly flash floods occurred at an altitude of approximately 17,000 feet (about 5,200 meters).  The massive chunk of ice snapped off from this high-altitude point and fell nearly 4,000 feet (about 1,200 meters) to the valley floor

 (As I said many times before, we are coming to the End of the Age. Our atmosphere is already overloaded with energy from the Sun. We are to expect even 

more energy to arrive this weekend. This energy will cause even more violent storms. This will be off the charts in terms both of frequency and violence.)

That same energy will also energize and encourage massive earthquakes and volcanoes. A few expected hot spots will include Campi Flegrei, Mt Etna, Santorini, the Canary islands,

the Cascades from northern California to Vancouver BC. The latter will include 10 volcanoes in the area. Alaska and volcanoes there too. Asia, Latin America.

The 2 largest earthquakes in modern recorded history were Alaska in 1964 and in Chile in 1960.)

(You probably remember reading about 1816 the year without a summer. It was caused by one volcano in Indonesia.

What we are facing is far worse.)

 IT IS PAST TIME TO MOVE TO SAFER GROUND. LEAVE THE PACIFIC WEST COAST. IF YOU LIVE IN A COLD AREA WHERE

SNOW IS A NORMAL EVENT IN THE WINTER, YOU MUST CONSIDER MOVING TO A WARMER CLIMATE.YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GROW FOOD.

YOU MUST LEAVE ALL BIG CITIES. THERE ARE FEWER THAN 90,00 PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY. ABOUT A THIRD ARE BLACK. THIS TOWN IS

WAY TOO BIG TO SURVIVE. BESIDES I AM IN AN AREA THAT IS WITHIN THE NEW MADRID FAULT. AND THE BUILDING I AM LIVING IN HAS

A 0.0% CHANCE OF SURVIVING ANY QUAKE AT ALL.IT IS 8 STORIES TALL AND IS MADE WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO QUAKE SURVIVAL. I

EXPECT ASIA, THE US WEST COAST AND CAMPI FLEGREI TO GO BEFORE THIS AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A SMALL TOWN IN EAST TENNESSEE.

LOTS OF NORMAL RAINFALL. ONE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 8,000 PEOPLE.

IT IS TIME TO MOVE.

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