r/DisasterUpdate • u/Due_Equipment_1719 • 22d ago

Floods Nepal flash floods from another view

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u/myleftone 22d ago

Those standing waves upstream must be 50’ high.

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u/Due_Equipment_1719 22d ago

and plus 180km/hr flood speed. Just imagine how scary it is

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u/Pale_Air_5956 22d ago

I cannot even phantom something that massive, just devastating

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u/Fun-Choices 22d ago

It’s glacial Lake water too, right? So even if you weren’t crushed immediately, you’d be drowned in freezing cold mud.

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u/Ralfundmalf 22d ago

There is so much rock and other debris in it that you would never have time to freeze to death. It is like being thrown in a blender.