floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSwiss glacier collapse buries most of village of Blattenwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareThis is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSimilar thing happened in India in 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshimath#2021_glacial_outburst_flood_and_aftermath Himalayas are younger mountains and they’re brittle as fuck. Yet the government insists on projects like highways, megatunnels, or dams in the area which may eventually lead to disasters like this.
Similar thing happened in India in 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshimath#2021_glacial_outburst_flood_and_aftermath
Himalayas are younger mountains and they’re brittle as fuck. Yet the government insists on projects like highways, megatunnels, or dams in the area which may eventually lead to disasters like this.