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1. www.nature.com › articles › s41467/023/36033-xGlacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally - Nature

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   Feb 7, 2023 · In many areas, overdeepenings in former glacier beds are uncovered during the course of glacier retreat, which allows melt water to collect as glacial lakes 9,10,11.

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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › fifteenFifteen Million People at Risk of Severe Floods From Melting ...

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   Feb 10, 2023 · In 2020, a 330-foot-tall wave burst from a glacial lake in British Columbia, Canada, but no one was hurt. In the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru, floods from glacier lake outbursts have ...

3. riskfrontiers.com › insights › hazards-glacier-lakeThe Hazards of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods: The 28 Nov 2020 ...

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   Glacier lake outburst floods are rapid releases of large amounts of water from a glacier. On November 28, 2020, in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, about 18 million cubic metres of rock descended 1,000 m from a steep valley wall near the West Grenville glacier and traveled across the toe of the glacier before entering a 0.6 ...

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   Feb 7, 2023 · One of the more devastating floods was in Peru in 1941 and it killed between 1,800 and 6,000 people. A 2020 glacial lake outburst flood in British Columbia, Canada, caused a tsunami of water about ...

5. www.independent.co.uk › climate-change › newsThreat of deadly glacial lake outbursts hang over 15 million ...

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   Feb 8, 2023 · One of the more devastating floods was in Peru in 1941 and it killed between 1,800 and 6,000 people. A 2020 glacial lake outburst flood in British Columbia, Canada, caused a tsunami of water about ...

6. www.scientificamerican.com › article › 15-million15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes

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   Feb 8, 2023 · At least 15 million people worldwide live in the flood paths of lakes that form as mountain glaciers melt and that can abruptly burst their banks. By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News. The remains of a ...

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   How many people have died from glacier lakes?

   • Source: Bastian Fleury / 49 North Helicopters. More than 1,000 glacier lake outburst floods from alpine lakes have been reported globally since 1900, resulting in more than 12,500 fatalities, with large amounts of damage to infrastructure and farmland, and disruptions of transportation and communication (Carrivick and Tweed, 2016).

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   How many people have died from a glacier flood?

   • Glacier floods have directly caused at least: 7 deaths in Iceland, 393 deaths in the European Alps, 5745 deaths in South America, and 6300 deaths in central Asia. Peru, Nepal and India have experienced fewer floods but higher levels of damage.

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   Are glacier lake outburst floods a disaster?

   • “We had glacier lake outburst floods in the past that havekilled many many thousands of people in a single catastrophic flooding event,” said study co-author Tom Robinson, a disaster risk scientist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

   Threat of deadly glacial lake outbursts hang over 15 million people

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   Are glacial lake outburst floods a major hazard?

   • Nature Communications 14, Article number: 487 (2023) Cite this article Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) represent a major hazard and can result in significant loss of life. Globally, since 1990, the number and size of glacial lakes has grown rapidly along with downstream population, while socio-economic vulnerability has decreased.

   Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally

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   Are glacial floods a threat?

   • A second study, awaiting publication in a peer-reviewed journal, catalogs more than 150 glacial flood outbursts in history and recent times. It’s a threat Americans and Europeans rarely think about, but 1 million people live within just 6 miles (10 kilometers) of potentially unstable glacial-fed lakes, the study calculated.

   New study finds 15 million people live under the threat of glacial floods

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   Do glacial flood risks depend on the size of glacial lakes?

   • The study highlights the fact that glacial flood risks don’t only depend on the number and size of an area’s glacial lakes. The area’s population, proximity of communities to the danger zone and levels of social vulnerability all matter as well.

   15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes

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8. thehill.com › changing-america › sustainabilityMore than 12,000 people have died after outbursts of glacial ...

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   May 3, 2021 · At least 1,348 glacial outburst floods have occurred globally. ... More than 12,000 people have died after outbursts of glacial lakes ... Glacial lakes are formed when meltwater from glaciers form ...