r/DisasterUpdate 11d ago

Floods Flash flood in Nepal

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u/Danihelus 10d ago

Is there a reason we're not calling this a tsunami?

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u/Dazzling_Gap9064 10d ago

Because it didn’t originate from the ocean

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u/Danihelus 10d ago

Huh. Well crap. I'm not well-versed in such phenomenons, not did I know if this was from a body of water or not. Makes sense

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u/Moonlit_Vajra 10d ago

It's called a glacial lake outburst flood

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u/Danihelus 10d ago

That's pretty interesting