Nepal flood triggered by rock and ice avalanche: Report

Floodwaters wash away the collapsed Soti Bridge on Budhi Gandaki River, in Chumnubri village, in Gorkha District, Nepal, on Oct 11. - Photo: Reuters

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s disaster authority said on Wednesday (Oct 14) that an avalanche of rock and ice triggered a recent flash flood, echoing the mountain collapse that unleashed a tsunami-like wall of water in August.

The flood on Oct 11 came less than two months after an ice and rock collapse on Aug 26 sparked a catastrophic flood in Rasuwa district, killing more than 1,400 people and leaving over 5,000 missing, raising fresh concerns about the risks posed by Nepal’s unstable mountain terrain.

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10月11日，洪水冲毁了尼泊尔廓尔喀县楚姆努布里村布迪甘达基河上的索蒂桥。——图片：路透社

加德满都：尼泊尔灾害管理部门周三（10 月 14 日）表示，岩石和冰块的崩塌引发了最近的突发洪水，这与 8 月份山体崩塌引发的类似海啸的水墙的情况类似。

10 月 11 日的洪水发生在 8 月 26 日冰岩崩塌引发拉苏瓦地区灾难性洪水不到两个月之后。那次洪水造成 1400 多人死亡，5000 多人失踪，再次引发了人们对尼泊尔不稳定的山区地形所带来的风险的担忧。

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