Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to catch up
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- Instruments recorded what was initially interpreted as an earthquake near Nepal’s border with China at 8:37 a.m.
- Seven minutes later, CCTV captured the destruction of the Gyirong Port border post by a massive debris flow and flood.
The timeline of the recent flooding disaster in Nepal is becoming clearer, but the sequence also highlights the difficulty of detecting increasingly complex Himalayan hazards.
At 8:37 a.m., instruments recorded what was initially interpreted as an earthquake near Nepal’s border with China. Seven minutes later, CCTV recorded the Gyirong Port border post being destroyed by a massive debris flow and flood.
Nepal’s flood authorities learned about the incident [the supplied excerpt ends here].
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