Might also be bad chinese engineering on some water diversion project they have been working on. China's only interest in Tibet is that it is the water source for most of the country. I could see a scenario where they were trying to divert more water from Nepal/India and it went wrong, but talking out of my ass right now so no idea, but yeah those videos are horrible.
Explained as melting glaciers plus earthquake and landslide blocking glacial lake, then "glacial outburst" and the whole lake comes down at once. I think something similar happened in the Alps in recent years, and Juneau, AK this year. I wonder about towns beneath Rainier.
Terrible news and the videos are heartbreaking. Earthquake caused a glacier to slip and fall, causing all that water to back up, until it burst. "Glacial Lake Outburst Flood": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_lake_outburst_flood
There's some horrible footage out there, even worse than what been shared here... just brutal.
Here's a video of the actual collapse of the glacier, freaking nuts, and high enough up it's not like watching a snuff film... sorry, couldn't find it on youtube
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on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 11:45 am
Footage circulating is
Footage circulating is devastating
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino kxela
on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 11:52 am
Might also be bad chinese
Might also be bad chinese engineering on some water diversion project they have been working on. China's only interest in Tibet is that it is the water source for most of the country. I could see a scenario where they were trying to divert more water from Nepal/India and it went wrong, but talking out of my ass right now so no idea, but yeah those videos are horrible.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: It's me Dave open up! Davesnothere
on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 12:19 pm
Explained as melting glaciers
Explained as melting glaciers plus earthquake and landslide blocking glacial lake, then "glacial outburst" and the whole lake comes down at once. I think something similar happened in the Alps in recent years, and Juneau, AK this year. I wonder about towns beneath Rainier.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ LLOLLO
on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 02:03 pm
There have been crazy storms
There have been crazy storms with hail and flooding in Spain and southern France too.
Mother earth is crying for help.
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on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 02:25 pm
Terrible new and the videos
Terrible news and the videos are heartbreaking. Earthquake caused a glacier to slip and fall, causing all that water to back up, until it burst. "Glacial Lake Outburst Flood": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_lake_outburst_flood
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance HTT Newberry heathentom
on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 – 05:46 pm
The footage is straight out
The footage is straight out of a bad disaster movie. It's so unbelievable I find myself thinking it's AI.
But I don't think it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFYBmDYQqoA
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on Saturday, August 29, 2026 – 10:54 am
Craziest video I've seen of
Craziest video I've seen of the flood.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/1w1f3ob/the_engineer_who_desi...
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on Saturday, August 29, 2026 – 01:59 pm
There's some horrible footage
There's some horrible footage out there, even worse than what been shared here... just brutal.
Here's a video of the actual collapse of the glacier, freaking nuts, and high enough up it's not like watching a snuff film... sorry, couldn't find it on youtube
https://www.facebook.com/reel/4637724113205552