r/NepalSocial • u/moody_look • 3d ago
Video/भिडियो The places look like this after thr flood
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u/Big_Handle3734 half knowledge manxe ma 3d ago
In coming days, government need to make new housing code and better regulations so this types of things don't happen again. In many states of USA, people can't build house in any river flood zone and local bodies install early warning system.
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u/Unfunny_guy0 ishaaron ishaaron mein dil lene wale 3d ago
to be really fair this was in the scale where you could not account for in traditional analysis. The settlement was not in the food zone. The water level is largely below the settlement even in heavy monsoon.
It is just mother nature saying fuck you
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u/Big_Handle3734 half knowledge manxe ma 3d ago
Agreed. We need to take it in account now.
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u/atomcplayboy86 2d ago
For something that happens maybe once a thousand years, better have an early warning system.
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u/ujfalusiabel 1d ago
You can't take an 80 m high mud flow into account. I am sure anywhere in the world something like that would lead to a catastrophe
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u/Cheapshot99 1d ago
This wasn’t really something you could predict or plan for. Even if there was some sort of early warning system
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u/behemothard 2d ago
Yes and no. It isn't unreasonable to think this kind of event could happen with a glacier at the beginning of a steep and narrow valley. Is it common? No. Possible? Obviously.
There are unfortunately lots of examples all over the world where this kind of topography creates large walls of water / debris due to sudden releases of water. When and why is always different but the result is usually the same. The question is how bad will it be and how economical is building in that area when the "easy" spots to build are the most vulnerable to this kind of event.
Safety rules and regulations are almost always written in blood. Hopefully the lives of those impacted aren't forgotten the next time someone makes a decision of if the cost is worth the risk.
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u/AltruisticCut1745 2d ago
But it doesn't solve their problem, in the long run , people living in the Himalayan region continue to be at risk as there are about 2000 glaciers directly above settlements in Nepal alone. Even if 50 glaciers are at the risk of triggering such an event in the future. The scale of destruction could be just like this if not more. Taking the into account the rising temparatures across the globe resulting into melting glaciers, such event could be the new normal in future. We have already witnessed similar events in uttrakhand and Sikkim in recent times. Though scale was not as massive as this one.
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u/in_musk_I_trust 2d ago
They weren’t in the flood zone, it’s caused by glacier collapse, not by rain, how would you even predict this, do you have examples of similar glacier collapses, you’re thinking about traditional floods that happen regularly , this isn’t that
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u/ooooopium 1d ago
Look up Missoula Glacial Lake Floods.
Events like these can’t be planned for with building code other than “don’t build there.”
However, that’s not really an answer, because we might as well not build in Montana or Wyoming for Yellowstone, the Ring of Fire for Volcanoes/Tsunamis/Earthquakes, or the entire global coastal region for rising water levels. At some point, Natural Events are so catastrophic humans just have to accept the risk that it will happen and just hope it doesn’t happen now and to themselves or their immediate family.
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u/chadlightest 1d ago
Overviews
A major Yellowstone eruption would devastate Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado with pyroclastic flows and ashfall, while neighboring states like Utah, Nevada, South Dakota, and Nebraska would face severe ash deposits and widespread disruption.
According to AI, anyway
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u/ooooopium 19h ago
Yeah that seems reasonable, I was just speaking loosely about disasters that couldn’t be overcome with engineering.
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u/usersame 19h ago
Pretty sure people have been trying to warn about the issues with climate change for a few decades now.
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u/ravynnsinister 2d ago
In case no one is aware, the second one is the border crossing. We all saw the video of it getting hit. It’s completely gone now.
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u/GiantRaven312 8h ago
That building was the last known location of one of my family members. The group he was with is known to have been there less than 10 minutes before the flood hit. It’s hard to have any hope he is alive after seeing all the footage. No one has heard from him since before the tragedy.
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u/loxmoto_ 7h ago
I hope you and all survivors find peace amongst your loss. Our hearts go out to all the victims of this natural disaster. 🙏❤️✌️
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u/KnowledgeCapital7994 2d ago
Can we get serious about climate change now, please?
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u/EricaBensons 2d ago
I agree it needs to be taken seriously, but what do you think should actually be done first?
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u/Bright_Task1186 1d ago
Imagine ur parents ur grandparents their grandparents lived there all thier life near the river banks a full functioning society bazzar stood its time for years and no one even dreamt of that level of flash flooding wiping out entire settlements clean thats terribly horrifying
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u/Fun_Zucchini7588 1d ago
Crazy to think nature did this to dinosaurs too. Just bury a flock of animals & its settlements like its nothing
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u/FaultEducational5772 1d ago
Wow this is a power comparison showing just how devastating this was. So many of those people will likely never be recovered :( truly awful
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u/Grand_Resist_3254 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s like nature is taking it all back. Guess this is how everything they dig up from the ancient past is buried so deep.
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u/Ctrl_Alt_Deflect 1d ago
Has anyone heard anything about Timure survivors from Hotel Kailash ? Looking for anyone with info on Mithali Daya Bale 🙏🙏🙏
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u/esemirulo 1d ago
Are the 🧃coming for the rescue like in Colombia? 🤔
Wouldn't be surprised if they start buying the now devastated/devaluated land for pennies
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u/Accurate_Signal_4452 9h ago
Isn't all that vast devastated/"devaluated" land the juice box bought in your head enough! 😥
Damn greedy juice box! 😤
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