Nepal flood, like Uttarakhand disaster of 2021, likely caused by glacier break and not quake, scientists say

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56% : Simon Cook, a glaciologist at the University of Dundee in Scotland who also worked on the satellite analysis, told The New York Times: "This is a big chunk of ice that is stored at high elevation in the mountain, with a huge amount of potential energy.
51% : According to The New York Times, the glacier break occurred around 64 km north of Kathmandu and the flow of ice moved northwest along the valley toward the Bhote Koshi River on the border between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.
47% : " When it breaks off, the force of the drop pounds the ice into a dangerous, fast-moving mix, he said: "That ice just gets pulverized into water.

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