Source: IRIN
Country: Nepal
Nepal recently lowered the level of a lake that was in danger of bursting its banks
IMJA LAKE/NEPAL
The roof of the world is melting.
As the Earth’s temperature rises, many glaciers atop the Himalayas are in retreat. That can cause disaster for mountain communities, as melting ice feeds glacial lakes that overflow and wash out everything in their path – a phenomenon known as Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs for short).
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