{"id":16914,"date":"2026-08-26T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16914"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:27:15","slug":"ice-rock-avalanche-likely-triggered-bhotekoshi-flood-quake-link-under-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16914","title":{"rendered":"Ice-rock avalanche likely triggered Bhotekoshi flood; quake link under probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133544045,imgsize-825507,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ptiphoto.jpg\" alt=\"Ice-rock avalanche likely triggered Bhotekoshi flood; quake link under probe\" title=\"The flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream\">The flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An ice-rock avalanche from a glacier that blocked Lhende Khola river &#8212; a tributary of Bhotekoshi \u2014 and later released a sudden surge emerged as the most likely cause of the flash flood, while scientists investigated whether a 4.4 magnitude earthquake minutes earlier destabilised the high-altitude terrain and triggered the avalanche.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Scientists were also examining whether a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) higher in the catchment added to the surge, but no GLOF had been confirmed. Heavy rainfall was largely ruled out, with officials saying the affected area had received little to no rain.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Climate experts at Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) said the flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream. <!-- -->\u201cThe Lhende Khola has flooded twice in 14 months, this time triggered by an ice rock avalanche from a glacier on the Nepal side that blocked the river and released a sudden surge downstream,\u201d Saswata Sanyal, a disaster risk reduction specialist at ICIMOD, said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The avalanche apparently created a temporary natural dam in the narrow river gorge. Water accumulated behind ice, rock and debris before the blockage gave way, releasing a sudden mass of water, mud and boulders downstream. Nepal\u2019s flood authorities later said a lake had formed behind the remaining blockage, supporting the assessment that impounded water played a central role in the flood.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal told parliament that initial reports suggested the tremor could have triggered an avalanche and caused the flooding, but scientists had not established a direct causal link.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The same Lhende-Bhotekoshi corridor had suffered a similar flash flood on July 8 last year killing at least nine people with19 still missing. Nepal\u2019s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority later said rapid discharge from a supraglacial lake on Purepu Glacier in Tibet, around 35km upstream of Nepal-China border, triggered that flood.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/south-asia\/ice-rock-avalanche-likely-triggered-bhotekoshi-flood-quake-link-under-probe\/articleshow\/133543990.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream An ice-rock avalanche from a glacier that blocked Lhende Khola river &#8212; a tributary of Bhotekoshi \u2014 and later released a sudden surge emerged as the most likely cause of the flash flood, while scientists investigated whether a 4.4 magnitude [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787758036_ptiphoto.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The flood originated in Lhende Khola after an ice-rock avalanche created a temporary blockage upstream An ice-rock avalanche from a glacier that blocked Lhende Khola river &#8212; 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