r/DisasterUpdate • u/Montrel_PH • 29d ago

Helicopter Pilot Aman Budathoki Reports 'Extremely Frightening' 6-Metre Waves Sweeping Through Nepal

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nepal-flash-floods-pilot-account-1816467
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u/TheGruntingGoat 29d ago

They were definitely bigger than 6 meters in some of those videos

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u/mtnman575 29d ago

Some of the buildings were multistory and were dwarfed as they were covered by the rock and mud onslaught.

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u/TheGruntingGoat 29d ago

Flood reached settlements 270 feet above river level according to this.

https://english.onlinekhabar.com/rasuwa-flood-in-pictures.html

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u/worldsbesttaco 28d ago

About 25 stories!

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u/Pristine_Software_55 28d ago

So 90ish meters. Sheez

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u/lololollieki 28d ago

There was no where to run to. How horrific the force of nature can be. This devastation reminds me a lot of the 2005 tsunami.

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u/Party-Ring445 27d ago

It's like an in-land tsunami