Name: Hot Take: How a glacier collapse triggered a devastating mudslide
Uploaded: 2026-08-29T23:48:28+08:00
Duration: 2 min 59 s
Description: How can a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas turn into a devastating mudslide downstream, sweeping through parts of Nepal and China's Xizang Autonomous Region? Scientists are still piecing it together, but preliminary evidence gives us a possible

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How can a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas turn into a devastating mudslide downstream, sweeping through parts of Nepal and China's Xizang Autonomous Region? Scientists are still piecing it together, but preliminary evidence gives us a possible picture of how the disaster unfolded.

Follow CGTN's Yang Zhao on this episode of Hot Take for more.

(Cover image by Huang Ruiqi)

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