Nanda Devi
Americannoun
noun
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In the part of the Indian Himalayas where the disaster occurred — the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve — glacial retreat is well documented.
From Seattle Times
The document is being updated as new insights come in, but for now, it suggests that a rock and ice avalanche detached from a mountainside in the Nanda Devi mountain, prompting a catastrophic flood.
From Scientific American
The severe flooding on a bright day was initially thought to have been caused by a part of a glacier in the Nanda Devi region breaking off and crumbling into the Dhauliganga river.
From Reuters
Packing rocks, dirt and construction debris and thought to have been triggered when a glacier lake fed by India’s second highest peak, Nanda Devi, collapsed, the flood swept down the Dhauliganga river on Sunday.
From Reuters
The disaster was set off when part of a glacier on Nanda Devi mountain snapped off Sunday morning.
From Seattle Times
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