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What triggered the devastating flash flood in Nepal?
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<img height="181" width="324" src="https://actu.epfl.ch/image/166592/324x182.jpg"> <div class="publish_date"> 28.08.26 - A raging flood wreaked havoc in a valley in Nepal near the border with China. We spoke with EPFL professor Christophe Ancey, an expert in natural disasters, about the underlying mechanisms and whether such an event could happen in Switzerland.<br /> <p>Was it a mudslide, debris flow or a glacial lake outburst flood? On Wednesday, 26 August, a massive flash flood swept away hun
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