Flood concerns over Everest's picturesque glacial lakes

euronews (in English) 2018-12-12

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Hundreds of these lakes have appeared out of nowhere in the Himalayas in recent decades. A 2014 survey found one quarter of Nepal's glaciers shrunk between 1977 and 2010, leaving behind 1,466 lakes.

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