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This is Thame village in Nepal’s Everest area– or what is left of it.
An icy flood brushed up over the town in August 2024 when a glacial lake upstream ruptured its banks.
It damaged homes, guesthouses, a college, and impacted a hydropower plant that supplied electrical power to several villages.
Kamirita Sherpa
World record-holder for variety of Mount Everest tops
“The antarctic lake outburst damaged Thame town. It created massive damage, and the negotiation no longer exists.”
The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is home to regarding 7, 000 glacial lakes.
With climbing temperature levels swiftly melting glaciers, the risk of glacial lake outburst floodings is predicted to triple by the end of the century.
These floods can additionally cause landslides and dirt disintegration, threatening neighborhoods, in addition to agriculture, framework, and energy systems.
The impact can be felt across boundaries affecting lives and communities far beyond.
Kamal Raj Joshi
Supervisor General, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal
“An antarctic lake outburst in the People’s Republic of China might affect Nepal. If it takes place in Nepal, it might impact India, highlighting the transboundary nature of this threat. Taking into consideration the 2024 flooding occasion in Thame, also a small-scale outburst caused significant devastation. If such a minor event can have that level of effect, it is difficult to picture the scale of destruction a massive outburst can cause.”
ADB is helping countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region examine multi-hazard dangers, design very early warning systems, and establish framework projects that can stand up to accelerated antarctic melt and other climate modification influences.
ADB is establishing financing remedies such as insurance policy to take care of the risks and cost-effectiveness of building resilient framework.
Avani Dixit
Elderly Environment Change Police Officer, Asian Advancement Financial Institution
“While we can not prevent all-natural threats, we can decrease their disastrous impacts. However that requires a change from responsive reactions to positive risk monitoring. We require to do a far better job of comprehending multi-hazard threats and how they influence lives, source of incomes, and infrastructure. We require collective, coordinated, and science-informed actions to build resilience, protect essential framework, and support communities surviving the frontlines of extreme risks.”