IIT Mandi warns of glacial water bombs in Himachal Pradesh
Researchers from IIT Mandi have identified nine rapidly expanding glacial lakes in Himachal Pradesh, terming them ticking "water bombs", with the alarm being sounded against the backdrop of the unprecedented devastation and loss of lives in the Nepal flash floods that were believed to have been sparked when a huge chunk of a glacier broke off and plummeted into such a lake, causing it to overflow.
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