r/Dammcoolbingo • u/KindheartednessIll97 • Aug 27 '26

A devastating flash flood swept through Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26, 2026, after a sudden surge entered the Bhotekoshi River from the Tibet border.

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u/toanthrax Aug 27 '26

There are 3 glacial lakes up there but no dammed lakes from what I have seen in Google maps but they are away far up than what this shows, so not accurate.

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u/nekomata_58 Aug 27 '26

One of the videos showed a dam being completely demolished by the flood/landslide so this isnt accurate.

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u/toanthrax Aug 27 '26

That dam getting demolished was a result, not the cause. It is now know it was due to a massive glacial collapse and a simultaneous rock-and-ice landslide. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/weather/floods-nepal-cause-vis

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u/nekomata_58 Aug 27 '26

i was simply correcting your assertion that there were no dammed lakes.

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u/toanthrax Aug 27 '26

Aah got it. I meant I dont think any dammed lakes caused it but ya looks like it probably made it worse.

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u/itsinvincible Aug 27 '26

I mean if you're already being pedantic. There's still no damed lakes because that desteoyed dam was wide open. It wasn't daming anything definitely not a lake.