# Nepal floods explained: The chain of events behind the disaster

https://mins.news/en/video/35652

- France 24 English, 2026-08-28 12:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihW-HDJMxds

> A glacier collapse was followed by an ice-and-rock avalanche, an earthquake and then a landslide that unleashed devastating floods through kilometres of valley along the Nepal-China border. Forty-eight hours after the catastrophe, rescue teams were still searching for survivors while examining the scientific causes of the disaster.

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