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Sophia

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Nepal flash flood…
Aug 27^th, 2026 at 2:39pm

OMG it’s horrible! Watch the vid … I’m astounded how high that wave was.
I hope it wasn’t AI ffs!

Initial reports from Nepalese officials suggested that an earthquake could have caused the lower part of a glacier to collapse, triggering the floods. But the US Geological Survey later said that the 4.4-magnitude tremor recorded at the time was caused by glacial rock and ice collapsing onto the valley floor, causing a water avalanche.

Seems to have taken the area by surprise.
I have a bad feeling it’s going to be countless dead and more missing.

https://apple.news/APJgRkr0nSfOfPuudyiwxNw

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21428 Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #1 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 3:57pm Wow. Advanced learning can reveal the causation of earthquakes.
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 8930 Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #2 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 4:02pm At least 34 Australians, who were part of pilgrimage and tour groups, are confirmed missing in Nepal. They account for more than 300 foreign nationals missing in the region.
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Grappler Racist Filth Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90647 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #3 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 6:21pm 1500 missing doesn't sound good. You can see how little chance they had in that footage of that border crossing.
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21925 Gordon Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #4 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 7:00pm What's the bet Faruqi the Hutt blames it on white Australians.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57545 Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #5 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 7:44pm Apparently its close to the Chinese border, where upon their side, they have deforested a lit, resulting in this mass tsunami flood.
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Re: Nepal flash flood…
Reply #6 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 8:18pm

They built towns in the middle of river valleys -
what could go wrong?

2026 AUG 26

Ice and Rock Avalanche Flood: 85 bodies recovered as hundreds remain missing after Bhote Kosi River Flood hit Rasuwa-Nuwakot District, Nepal Gyirong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
629 MISSING: Security and Hydropower Workers, also many Tourists the human loss expected to increase greatly

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Re: Nepal flash flood…
Reply #7 - Aug 27^th, 2026 at 11:34pm

Sophia wrote on Aug 27^th, 2026 at 2:39pm:

OMG it’s horrible! Watch the vid … I’m astounded how high that wave was.

Seems to have taken the area by surprise.
I have a bad feeling it’s going to be countless dead and more missing.

1 cubic meter of water weighs 1000kg so 150cm x 100 x 100 cm is 1.5m^3 (1500 kg) the same weight as a medium size car. That is a tiny portion of what happened there.

1 meter per second is 3.6 Kph this would have been moving over 10 m/s

When you look at mass flow rate in Kg per second the power of moving water is incredible.

I saw a video of people sprinting up a hill they only just made it.

It will take them weeks to find all the bodies tragic.

Our immigrants from Nepal are pretty good they work hard never cause trouble or try to change us.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25914 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #8 - Aug 28^th, 2026 at 2:59am I don't know much about Nepal's topography. But if this happened, would the floodwater still be heading downhill for quite a while?
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Reply #9 - Aug 28^th, 2026 at 7:26am

Baronvonrort wrote on Aug 27^th, 2026 at 11:34pm:

Sophia wrote on Aug 27^th, 2026 at 2:39pm:

OMG it’s horrible! Watch the vid … I’m astounded how high that wave was.

Seems to have taken the area by surprise.
I have a bad feeling it’s going to be countless dead and more missing.

1 cubic meter of water weighs 1000kg so 150cm x 100 x 100 cm is 1.5m^3 (1500 kg) the same weight as a medium size car. That is a tiny portion of what happened there.

1 meter per second is 3.6 Kph this would have been moving over 10 m/s

When you look at mass flow rate in Kg per second the power of moving water is incredible.

I saw a video of people sprinting up a hill they only just made it.

It will take them weeks to find all the bodies tragic.

Our immigrants from Nepal are pretty good they work hard never cause trouble or try to change us.

Beautiful people and this catastrophe was undeserving. I was astounded at the before and after photos Bobby showed us. It’s just so heart breaking. The power of all that water/mud/debris building up so fast to knock buildings out like that! It’s going to be very very sad the amount of missing persons that will be searched for. Cry

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57545 Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #10 - Aug 28^th, 2026 at 11:09am Apparently there was a warning that this would happen back in 2021.
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Grappler Racist Filth Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90647 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #11 - Aug 28^th, 2026 at 12:29pm I expect the death rate to be thousands following that.
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21428 Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #12 - Aug 28^th, 2026 at 1:40pm Jasin wrote on Aug 28^th, 2026 at 11:09am: Apparently there was a warning that this would happen back in 2021. What was the exact warning?
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Grappler Racist Filth Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 90647 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Nepal flash flood… Reply #13 - Yesterday at 8:16pm 4000 still missing....
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Reply #14 - Yesterday at 9:13pm

lee wrote on Aug 28^th, 2026 at 1:40pm:

Jasin wrote on Aug 28^th, 2026 at 11:09am:

Apparently there was a warning that this would happen back in 2021.

What was the exact warning?

A glacier collapse at that very location.

Reminds me of the USA trying to convince Indian Ocean Asian nations to support Earthquake & Tsunami warning system in the Region due to high risk assessments but Myanmar convinced the Asian nations not to because USA is evil, etc.
Again, 5 years later: kaboom! An entire plate lifted and dropped resulting in Tsunamis everywhere.

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