Global warming has intensified the risk of GLOFs as glaciers are melting faster, increasing the size of these lakes and the ...

The GLOF disaster had resulted in 55 casualties, with 70 people still missing and had caused extensive damage to critical ...

Over a year after a GLOF ravaged parts of Sikkim and washed away the Teesta-III hydel project, a proposal to build a new ...

Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion liters of meltwater within weeks. For the first time, scientists have ...

Climate change played a key role in the 'catastrophic' 2023 floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India, a new study ...

The Central government has approved National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) for its ...

The deadly South Lhonak Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Sikkim in October 2023 was triggered by the collapse of 14.7 ...

The Central Government has sanctioned the National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Project across vulnerable ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of the lake. The Sikkim government ...

The study underlines the need for both risk mitigation strategies and early warning systems against GLOFs, the sudden release ...

Study reveals rapid glacier loss in eastern Himalayas, impacting freshwater availability and increasing risk of glacial lake ...