# Nepal flash flood: Disaster in a geological battleground zone

https://mins.news/en/video/34292

- France 24 English, 2026-08-27 11:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu42-UtcW8k

> Nepal and Tibet’s extreme Himalayan geography initially made it difficult to determine what caused the catastrophic floods. At least 180 people have died, and the disaster is now believed to have resulted from a glacial collapse.

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