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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, July 11: A massive glacial lake outburst in Tibet’s Kyirong County has triggered a devastating flood that surged into northern Nepal this week, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
The incident, which occurred on July 8, originated from a supraglacial lake situated at an altitude of 5,150 meters in Tibet’s Kyirong County, where a permafrost collapse is suspected to have caused the lake’s rupture. Satellite imagery analyzed by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology confirmed a sudden and significant drainage event—a classic Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF). The lake’s surface area visibly shrank from 0.75 square kilometers to 0.61 square kilometers, triggering a deluge that cascaded down the Bhote Koshi R...
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