Nature Sets Off the Hazard; We Build the Disaster
On the morning of Aug. 26, under a clear sky, a slab of ice and rock broke away from the north face of Langtang Lirung, a peak in northern Nepal, and plunged
To Understand Nepal’s Floods, Look at What Was Built
On the morning of Aug. 26, a slab of ice and rock tore free from the north face of Langtang Lirung, a 7,200-meter peak on the Nepal-Tibet frontier. The U.S. Geological Survey
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