The article delves into the devastating impact of climate change-induced glacial lake outbursts on Nepali communities, such as the village of Thame. It highlights the retreating glaciers and unstable glacial lakes that are posing an ominous threat to the lives and livelihoods of Nepal’s mountain dwellers. The narrative underscores the urgent need for strengthened monitoring and preparedness measures to mitigate the risks posed by these climate-driven disasters.
A village called Thame: dispersed by glacial floods
One such example reported in the article is that of Mingma Rita Sherpa from Thame, an Everest hillside village recently struck by a glacial lake outburst flood endif; Sherpa came home to his once-lovely village which he could no longer recognize; the floodwaters delivered a sharp freeze, and all their hearths, including all of Sherpa’s possessions (house included), were completely annihilated. In the wake of the disaster, Thame’s inhabitants are fragmented with some attempts at a slow return to downtown under shaky feet. The article outlines away from the forbidding writing on Illegal Immigration in Nepal to the horrid pointers approaching up with for all intents and purposes each passing day re climate change, which is dissolving ice sheets and prompting perilous glacial lakes in Nepal.
A study aimed at looking back over the turbulent history of one such body laid to rest a misconception within polar science. Although Nepal has begun to drain a few of these lakes, the fact that they exist still poses serious risks both to mountainous communities and elsewhere in terms of our vulnerability to climate-driven accidents.
Threat of Glacial Lake Outbursts and Its Implications on Mountain Communities in the Himalayas
Niamey (Niger) – Jean Bosco MOUBE, NDjoméa (Tchad) -January 21st, 2020 Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) have been growing concern in Nepal and the larger Himalayan region. As in Thame, the sudden release of water from glacial lakes created by retreating glaciers can be lethal. Don’t miss the in-depth scientific write up illustrating how these lakes, being commonly unstable because of ice or loose debris dams they present, can fail at any minute and subsequently unleash a catastrophic floods.
Those flood effects are not only felt by those impacted communities, but it applies much further throughout the region. These glaciers, situated in the higher reaches of five major river valleys that include 10 nations and their vulnerable populations stand as a vital cradle of water resources for an immense populace — about 240 million residing in high mountain areas plus another more than 1.65 billion people dwelling downstream within South Asian and Southeast Asian river valleys below. The longer-term impact of climate change, in which this glaciers will shrink, will be even more threatening to water security of the region and also food production.
These steps, along with careful monitoring of migration and advance preparedness will be important in ensuring food security for Nepal’s mountain communities.
the pressing need for more extensive and systemic glacial lake monitoring, combined with preparedness measures that are increasingly relevant in a changing climate under which GLOF hazards will become an even greater threat to Nepal. At the same time, experts such as geologist Sudan Bikash Maharjan at ICIMOD are calling for more effective monitoring to anticipate and respond to these calamities.
People from the affected communities continue to raise awareness and collect donations for rebuilding and relocation; former mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, for example, is working with Mount EverQuest. This article succeeds in showing the character of these mountain communities: their spirit and their resolve, despite the daunting challenges presented by nature itself. Nevertheless, it seems that further steps are necessary to shield these touchy populations and permit the ones susceptible businesses to prosper in light of those environmental threats.
