A Chunk of Glacier Fell 4,000 Feet. It May Have Made Nepal's Flood Worse.

Scientists think a piece of glacier fell 4,000 feet in Nepal, crushing ice into water and worsening August 2026's deadly flood. For decades, ice across the Himalaya has been melting faster — glaciers shrink 10–60 metres yearly, and thousands of unstable meltwater lakes now threaten towns and villages in six countries below.