ICIMOD Warns of Second Nepal-Tibet Flood Risk as Trishuli Blockages Threaten Landslide Dam
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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 27
ICIMOD Warns of Second Nepal-Tibet Flood Risk as Trishuli Blockages Threaten Landslide Dam
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 27
Summary
ICIMOD said debris from Wednesday’s flash flood may have temporarily blocked narrow sections of the Trishuli River, raising the risk of a second flooding event in Nepal and Tibet.
The danger is that any blockage could form a landslide dam, then fail and send another surge downstream.
Authorities and scientists are now assessing the size, location and stability of any potential river blockages to determine whether the threat is immediate.
The warning follows a major flash flood that already caused devastation on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border.