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What are glacial floods?
The Nepal floods were caused by a glacial collapse, a type of natural disaster. Glacial floods happen when ice or snow melts rapidly, often due to warming temperatures, causing a sudden release of water from a glacier or a lake dammed by ice. This can lead to devastating flash floods downstream, as seen in Nepal.
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