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A school principal in Nepal evacuated 900 students to safety after receiving warnings of dangerous flooding. Moments later, floodwaters swept away the school, leaving thousands of children without classrooms.
The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.
"A new study suggests that El Ninos — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up every few years and spikes already warming global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change." https://t.co/YkgXqmiffq
“The risk is that people just think you are exaggerating,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the California Institute for Water Resources. https://t.co/1XtTAbnNBy
Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt. Experts said an avalanche from a glacier was the likely cause in the warming Himalaya region.