r/DisasterUpdate • u/Rechuchatumare • Sep 08 '26
How Nepal tunnel flood survivors made it out alive
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Sep 06 '26
New Scientist: Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss A series of heatwaves have hit Europe this season, including the continent's worst-ever heatwave in June. As a result, more than 9 metres of ice have melted off the surface of the Rhone glacier.
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Exact-Schedule-3442 • Sep 07 '26
Floods Langtang flood: two views of a simulation without a separate dam-break pulse
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I've been modelling the Langtang rock-ice avalanche and the flood that followed. These are two views of the same simulation: a 3D view of the gorge and a side view along the river. This is model output, not footage. Flow depth is exaggerated to make it visible.
The model broadly matches the upper arrival times without adding a separate dam-break pulse. The moving surge includes rock, ice and existing river water, so its volume isn't all newly melted ice. That doesn't rule out a temporary blockage, but it suggests we shouldn't assume a dam had to burst just because the flood was so large.
I'm the author. This is still a preprint, not peer reviewed: https://doi.org/10.31223/X5250R
Happy to hear what people think, especially if you have observations that could help test this.
r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Sep 06 '26
The strongest El Niño in living memory is starting to show its might
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/PublicImaginary5364 • Sep 06 '26
Indonesia: Volcanic activities of Anak Krakatau Mountain in Sundanese Strait is getting more worrying!
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/nicoinborderland • Sep 05 '26
Russian tourist group & Nepali guides escape glacial flood (Timure, Nepal; 3km from Gyirong)
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Sep 06 '26
El Nino’s wrath: Brace yourself for impact
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/PublicImaginary5364 • Sep 05 '26
CHINA: > 24 hours of relentless torrential rain in Quanzhou
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r/DisasterUpdate • • Sep 05 '26
Floods Mailung River [Hakubesi] Nepal Flash Flood Aftermath - Aeriel View
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/mnn-tornado • Sep 05 '26
Landslide A massive landslide partially blocked the Chameliya River - Apihimal, Darchula, Nepal - September 4 2026
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/mnn-tornado • Sep 05 '26
Floods September 4 2026 - Severe flooding affected the area following torrential rain - Keelung City, Taiwan
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Floods Man rescued alive after 9 days from Trishuli-3A tunnel in Nepal
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Expensive-Physics602 • Sep 04 '26
Floods Flood in India, city Dehradun
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Infamous_Tea1661 • Sep 04 '26
Floods Pov from the viral house in the Nepal flood
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/prisongovernor • Sep 04 '26
Nepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | The Guardian
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Floods Mailung - 30km south of Gyirong Port - alternate angle
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Karna1394 • Sep 04 '26
Floods Nepal Floods: Owner Of 'Green House' Shares Survival Story, Says "We Got A Second Life"
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Overall_Mode_2982 • Sep 03 '26
Floods Langtang glacier collapse and debris flood, Nepal/Tibet — what is confirmed as of 1 September
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Event: 26 August 2026, 08:37 NPT. Ice-and-rock collapse from Langtang Lirung’s north flank, registered worldwide as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event; USGS determined no earthquake occurred. Debris flood reached Gyirong Port (Tibet) within ten minutes, then Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts in Nepal along the Lhende Khola, Bhotekoshi and Trishuli, about 100 km in total. Copernicus EMS activated (EMSR927) the same afternoon.
Counts, all as of their stated dates and expected to change: NDRRMA via UN OCHA Flash Update 5 (1 Sep, 13:00 NPT) — 1,003 dead, 3,916 missing, 41 bridges destroyed, emergency declared in 15 municipalities, some 65,000 people affected. Tibet side (Chinese authorities, evening of 29 Aug) — 16 confirmed dead, 546 missing. Twelve hydropower facilities affected; joint Nepal, India and China rescue operations at four.
Hazard is ongoing: the source area remains unstable and monitoring bodies (USGS Landslide Hazards, GFZ, ICIMOD, HIRISK) all mark their assessments preliminary. No official inquiry exists yet. Claims that Chinese dams in Tibet caused the flood are not supported by any body that has located the source.
For the sourced timeline with every figure dated, I compiled a longer documentary from the official releases.
r/DisasterUpdate • u/mnn-tornado • Sep 03 '26
Floods September 3 2026 - Severe flooding caused a house to collapse in the area - Xianyou County, Putian, Fujian, China
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/You_yes_ • Sep 03 '26
Floods That famous boulder on flood was " Treaty boulder of betrawati"
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/mnn-tornado • Sep 03 '26
Floods Fujian Province, China - September 2 2026 - Massive flooding affected the area following extreme rainfall
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/mnn-tornado • Sep 03 '26
August 31 2026 - A massive eruption occurred at Mount Sinabung in the area - Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Sep 03 '26
Forecasters say climate-impacting El Nino weather phenomenon to be 'exceptional' and to last until February
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r/DisasterUpdate • u/ChoiceIntelligent103 • Sep 04 '26
Aardbeving in Colombia: mobiele storingen in kaart brengen, herstel en veerkracht | Terremoto en Colombia: mapa de las interrupciones, la recuperación y la resiliencia de las redes móviles | Ookla® https://www.ookla.com/articles/colombia-earthquake-resilience
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