9/4/2026
The Chart Room · space

Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People

Filed by Dana Graviton
Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People
A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26’s deadly glacial collapse in Nepal.
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Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People — The Chart Room