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Floods, landslides, and forest fires are becoming frequent in the Himalayas as reckless road, rail and dam constructions, tree felling, blasting and tunnelling in the fragile hills make continuous landslides or loose rock-falls a regular affair. A study has found that 51 per cent of Uttarakhand is “high” and “very high” landslide-prone.
(Bloomberg) — It had been snowing hard for days in the Indian Himalayas before a thaw set in. Then, at 10:21 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2021, part of Ronti peak cracked…
Mar 14, 2022 (Bloomberg) It had been snowing hard for days in the Indian Himalayas before a thaw set in. Then, at 10:21 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2021, part of Ronti peak cracked and fell off the mountain.The resulting landslide had enough rock and ice to fill 12,000 Olympic swimming pools and was…
Scientists detail February’s catastrophic rock and ice slide in the Indian Himalaya that claimed 200 lives.
Team used computer model to recreate deluge for report in 'Science'; confirms avalanche, not glacial lake outburst, caused disaster