‘Pre-event indications’: Did Nepal miss warning signs before deadly floods?

Deadly floods triggered by a glacier collapse in Nepal and China have resulted in over 1,100 deaths. A week after the disaster, families of the missing have begun conducting funeral rites without bodies after exhaustive searches of shelters and mortuaries proved unsuccessful.

Scientific analysis indicates that the collapse was preceded by visible warning signs, including brown meltwater and a propagating crack in the glacier. Experts suggest that these pre-event indicators were identifiable days before the disaster, raising questions regarding the adequacy of existing monitoring systems and the potential for preventing such high casualty counts through improved early warning infrastructure.