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- Flash floods in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 165 people and left nearly 1,500 missing.
- An ice-rock avalanche from Langtang Lirung’s north slopes fell into the Lhende Khola river.
- The avalanche damaged six hydropower plants and Gyirong Port facilities.
- Scientists say warming caused permafrost loss, increasing mountain-slope instability.
- Benjamin Horton called the disaster a ‘compound event’ of seismic activity and climate-driven glacier loss.
