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A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster
Melting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below
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Melting snow weakened a steep glacier at about 5 km altitude, causing it to collapse and fall roughly a kilometre into a river valley in Nepal. The collapse is identified as the most likely cause of the recent disaster.
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