Tinted detail of a photo: Broad grey gravel outwash plain crossed by shallow braided channels of muddy water, with two glacier tongues flowing between dark mountains under a cloudy sky.
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Geomorphology

Nepal Flood

In the News: Flood wave in Nepal: climate disaster or not?

November 4, 2026
A snow-covered mountain peak rises into a deep blue sky, partially obscured by thick, white clouds. The steep, jagged slopes are bright white with visible vertical ridges.

By Aris Kwadijk, PhD candidate, Mountain Hydrology group, Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, and Walter W. Immerzeel, Professor, Mountain Hydrology group, Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University. Email: a.kwadijk@uu.nl, w.w.immerzeel@uu.nl. Website: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/AKwadijk, https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/WWImmerzeel. Was the catastrophic flood wave in the Himalaya on 26 August a consequence of climate change, and therefore the fault of the …[Read More]