# Why the Nepal flash flood was almost impossible to predict

https://mins.news/en/video/42863

- CBC News, 2026-09-02 23:38 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBCQP-CnEUQ

> A collapsed glacier in Nepal triggered catastrophic flooding that killed more than 1,000 people, with thousands still missing. Andrew Chang examines what made the flood so violent and why the Himalayas’ scale and the region’s climate make prediction and monitoring so difficult.

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