# Melting Himalayas? Nepal disaster exposes growing risk of glacial flooding

https://mins.news/en/video/39453

- France 24 English, 2026-08-31 23:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhqRt5uTFTQ

> The disaster is described as one tragic consequence of global warming. Scientists will assess whether retreating glaciers caused last Wednesday’s ice-shelf collapse, which unleashed a catastrophic flood cascading more than 3,000 metres from the Chinese border into Nepal.

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