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Disaster in Nepal

“One of the largest historically documented rock-and-ice avalanches”

Since the early hours after the disaster in Nepal, Christian Huggel, Simon Allen and Holger Frey have been analyzing the available data together with international colleagues. In numerous media reports, they assess the scale of the tragedy, explain its causes, and outline the necessary next steps.

Image: Nepal flood 2026: before and after (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Christian Huggel, Prof. Dr.
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Simon Allen, Dr.
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EClim Research Group on Environment and Climate