Fresh flood likely in 3 days due to barrier lake, China alerts Nepal

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The Nepal-China border is facing the threat of another flood, with China warning Nepal that a newly formed barrier lake upstream could burst within three days and send a fresh surge of water downstream. A glacier collapse on August 26 triggered a deadly wall of water in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi river, while a mudslide the same day buried China’s Gyirong Port crossing. With the region already reeling from the disasters, the potential breach of the new lake has raised fears of another flood pulse downstream. WHAT CAUSED THE BHOTEKOSHI FLOOD IN NEPAL? Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) says the…

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