# China-Nepal flash flood: Helicopter pilot describes everything he saw

https://mins.news/en/video/33651

- CNN, 2026-08-26 22:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-cMIk66Q84

> The cause of powerful floodwaters that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, swallowing towns, roads and bridges, remains unclear. As the planet warms, melting ice and destabilized mountain slopes may be contributing, while glacier-fed high-altitude lakes can release large volumes of water downstream during summer melt.

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