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Researchers examine the chain of hazards behind Nepal’s August disaster
A World Weather Attribution assessment investigates how a rock collapse developed into an avalanche, debris flood and flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa district.
Published on 17 September, it concerns the 26 August event and the unusually warm conditions preceding it. The assessment discusses geological and climatic factors and uncertainties, including possible effects of earlier earthquake damage. It is not a claim that one factor alone caused the disaster.
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