The GLOF disaster had resulted in 55 casualties, with 70 people still missing and had caused extensive damage to critical ...
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion ...
Over a year after a GLOF ravaged parts of Sikkim and washed away the Teesta-III hydel project, a proposal to build a new ...
An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...
This rapid expansion increases risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) for downstream communities. Published in journal Elsevier's Global and Planetary Change, the study analysed satellite ...
The Central Government has sanctioned the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project across vulnerable ...
On the night of 3 October 2023, a ridge of frozen rock and other debris on the side of the South Lhonak glacier – called a “lateral moraine” – collapsed into the glacial lake. This set off a ...
The Central government has approved National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) for its implementation in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand to ...