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Climate Change Intensified Nepal Avalanche Flood, Scientists Say
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- World Weather Attribution scientists say a rock-ice avalanche triggered a deadly flood in Nepal.
- Researchers linked the collapse to the 7.8-magnitude 2015 earthquake that weakened the slope.
- Climate change raised July-August temperatures by about 1.5 °C, lifting the zero-degree line over 320 feet.
- The disaster killed at least 1,300 people.
- Over 5,000 people remain missing.