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Posted On: August 27th 2026, 09:26 am
The flood came without rain.

August 26, Bhote Koshi gorge, on the Nepal–Tibet border.
No storm. No downpour. The water was made of ice.

An ice-and-rock avalanche came off the mountain high above
and sealed the tributary below, ponding a lake behind it.
Then that ice barrier let go.

A concrete dam warns you. It cracks, it seeps, it leaks.
An ice barrier gives you nothing.
The moment water crosses the top it starts cutting itself,
and the faster it cuts, the faster the water moves.
It doesn't fail gradually. It fails all at once.

This valley had spent generations preparing for monsoon rain.
That day, no rain fell.

⚠️ This is a 3D visualization made to explain the mechanism —
not real footage. The cause follows preliminary assessments
from ICIMOD and Kathmandu University; the investigation is
ongoing and the toll is still being updated.

#Nepal #flood
Comments (353)
tanbeeneo a month ago

tanbeeneo

🙏

geetanjjali123 a month ago

geetanjjali123

Why r u doing maps n reels after all died n not before ......to warn the stupid people n govt..????😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

blesinl 2 months ago

blesinl

@ziziezimano

vitu_kutoka_germany 2 months ago

vitu_kutoka_germany

Only ALLAH knows?

miss_almeida_18 2 months ago

miss_almeida_18

No suspension on low tide in the river ?!!

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elainemlee 2 months ago

elainemlee

I don't understand why they would build infrastructure and municipal buildings and homes on a riverbed that has clearly been flooded before many times for millions of years. Just common sense

ashen_offcl 2 months ago

ashen_offcl

This is complete fake explanation. The glacier triggered a rictor scale earthquake too. But the video shows a small ice. Completely useless demonstration

meikaviwrites 2 months ago

meikaviwrites

@kavikesa

noorabdulrahman1900 2 months ago

noorabdulrahman1900

This is not what had happened. This is according to whom now????

julianpllumbi 2 months ago

julianpllumbi

Helicopters should never be allowed to fly in those areas😢

love_violet_14 2 months ago

love_violet_14

That area is known for it. Mother nature doesn't judge

abeyae 2 months ago

abeyae

@bund237

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