This is what Climate Change Looks Like (GRAPHIC)
As many of you know, the catastrophic floods in Nepal-Tibet were the result of a glacial collapse:
The US Geological Survey (USGS) later confirmed that the disaster was caused by a “glacial collapse” – when a glacier or part of a glacier disintegrates. The impact of the collapsed glacier hitting the bottom of a valley was so powerful that it registered a magnitude of 5.2, according to the agency, causing “subsequent catastrophic impacts downstream”. [Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd948kn02e5o)
Here is what that collapse looked like (and it is terrifying and traumatizing):
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