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Round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk

WANGDUE PHODRANG, Bhutan: In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glaciers.

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全天候监测人员保护不丹免受冰川风险的影响

This photograph taken on September 3, 2026 shows Buddhist prayer flags fluttering along the Paro Chuu riverline in Paro, Bhutan. The glacial collapse that caused deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border late last month is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by Bhutan, which has over 600 glaciers nestled in the mountain ranges across its north. - AFP

WANGDUE PHODRANG, Bhutan: In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glaciers.

The glacial collapse that caused deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border late last month is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by Bhutan, which has over 600 glaciers nestled in the mountain ranges across its north.

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