Already I’m hearing zealots around the world claiming this is god’s vengeance, people should repent and join a religion.
Guo Zhaocheng, a scientist with China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, says a glacier in Nepal collapsed into the Bhotekoshi river (part of the Trishuli River system of Nepal, not to be confused with Bhote Koshi), creating a temporary dam of ice and boulders, which collected water in a temporary lake.
On 26AUG2026, the temporary debris dam broke resulting in a ‘biblical’ avalanche of water, mud, ice and boulders.
Guo Zhaocheng estimates the avalanche hit speeds of 50 meters per second (112 miles per hour), no human could escape! The debris field stretched more than 20 kilometers (12 miles).
China’s military was deployed to China’s border area of Gyirong in Xizang Autonomous Region:
On the Nepal side: There are reports that flooding is ongoing, and that another debris dam has formed. Scientists warn that the new debris dam (at an elevation of approximately 2950 meters) could hold 3-million cubic meters of water.
Geologist explains, warns that two lakes are forming: