Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say

"his team had detected that the lower part of a glacier in Nepal near the Langtang Lirung peak had collapsed."

— Dr Simon Cook , Academic

"The sheer wave of debris suggests there could have been a landslide first; the water built up, dammed the river, and then it burst in one huge great flood."

— Mike Searle , Academic

"It's like putting a jack under the car, and then jacking it up."

— Mike Searle , Academic

"these floods happen all the time, but not at this scale."

— Mike Searle , Academic

"The whole thing is combining to form these catastrophic disasters that we are now seeing at a regular basis."

— Mike Searle , Academic