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15 Dec 2023 | GLOFs

More Than 7,000 Lives Lost to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in High Mountain Asia

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This was revealed by a new dataset released by the Kathmandu-based ICIMOD on Friday; Impacts from GLOF events have increased over threefold since the previous regional assessment.

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