{"id":373688,"date":"2026-08-27T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-nepal-and-tibet-flash-flood-was-so-deadly\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:00:38","slug":"why-the-nepal-and-tibet-flash-flood-was-so-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-nepal-and-tibet-flash-flood-was-so-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Nepal and Tibet flash flood was so deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jzxVldDWdbw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why the Nepal and Tibet flash flood was so deadly\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jzxVldDWdbw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Rescuers are searching for nearly 1,400 people, most of them tourists, who are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, thundering down valleys, obliterating entire villages and killing at least 356 people.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The climate crisis is leading to conditions that can destabilise mountain rock and ice, raising the risk for disasters such as this week\u2019s, scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>While the exact cause of Wednesday\u2019s disaster is still being analysed, scientists say it probably began with a massive ice-rock avalanche on the northern slopes of \u200bNepal\u2019s Langtang Lirung peak into the Lhende Khola River on the Tibetan \u200cside. 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