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7 minutes to disaster: How the Nepal mudslide unfolded

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This AI-assisted animation traces the mudslide's rapid progression, from a glacier collapse in Nepal to its devastating impact on Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region just seven minutes later. It shows how the dramatic difference in elevation, combined with the mudslide's high flow speed, intensified its destructive force. 

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