The New York Times as a video accounting of this climate crisis event.
“What Our Reporter Saw After the Floods in Nepal”
The slurry is estimated to have been 200 meters high wiping out the biotic content of the land. There are segments of villages above the 200 meter destruction. There is a chance surviving hikers could have been in those isolated areas. The villages are noted in this NY Times reporting. These isolated areas are easily seen from the helicopter.
Given the reporting by China the people need to be evacuated. The people need essentials when relocated. They need food, water, shelter, clothing, medical attention, and a return of community and common purpose to reclaim life as they know it.
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The latest is a recognition of the exact location of the collapsed glacier at 5200 feet. That is what dictated the velocity of the slurry.
Earth’s heating was carried by the rain. The glacier was already under stress if rain simply finished the job. It is safe to say the heat accumulation can be found nearly one mile up. In that is a place (location in altitude) for global investigation of glacier and ice fields for stability. The reason for the investigation is to determine the danger posed to all life below those glaciers.
If possible, putting glaciologist on the glaciers in question can determine the quality of the glacier. HOWEVER, every degree of safety for those precious professionals must be in place. It is always the choice of the scientist to enter an area of investigation.
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