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    Military explosive training could destabilize the glacier and triggered the collapse that caused the August 26 Rasuwa flash-flood disaster

    The sequence reported so far is: 1. August 26 — the catastrophic flood begins upstream. A large ice/rock collapse near the Nepal–China border entered the Lhende Khola/Bhote Koshi system, producing an enormous surge of water, rock and debris. The surge then propagated into the Trishuli River...
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