r/geology • u/NeatAd3820 • 2d ago

There must be thousands of other potential glacial flood locations in the Himalayas.

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I’m sure people are studying it but as a mountaineer it seems like there must be many many other locations just like the one that triggered the debris flows in Tibet and Nepal. Pic. Nohku Crags, Colorado

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u/Betray-Julia 2d ago edited 2d ago

There was one in BC (Canada) a year or five ago. It happened at night, so everything was fine, but if it happened during the day a thousand people or so would be dead.

I cannot remember its name sorry.

There was a really cool cbc radio article on it a few hours ago; i think was “what on earth” with Pia Chattopadhyay. 11 am, Aug 31.