The Administrative Secretary of the Ladakh Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR) Department, ...
The authors say those facing the greatest threat live in mountainous countries ... of climate change on what are known as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). That relationship is complex and ...
In 1941, thousands of people died in Huaraz when the natural dam on a lake above the city gave way. Now, melting glaciers are ...
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has formed two teams of experts to conduct a risk assessment and survey of five glacial ...
Many pose a potential glacial lake outburst flood threat, a climate change-induced threat, to downstream communities and infrastructure. The term glacial lake outburst flood refers to the ...
The international study compiled satellite measurements over time and depict what one researcher described as a "devastating… New study finds 15 million people live under the threat of glacial ...
About 100 miles to the north, the Merced River at the Pohono Bridge at the west end of the Yosemite Valley was forecast to top flood stage late this week, the park service said. The vast glacial ...
The threat many of them live with is a phenomenon called glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF), which can be triggered by any number of events, including unpredictable incidents like earthquakes ...
"Although flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, hazards persist in and ... Climate Adaptation Science Center has warned that glacial damming events in Suicide Basin can cause more ...
Known as glacial isostatic adjustment ... further increasing the threat posed by flooding. Some of those places are obvious, like low-lying Eagles Island, which is currently being eyed for ...
The result was one of the most devastating glacial lake outburst ... to pose more significant risks of floods, the large population of Huaraz makes the threat to life in this region far greater.