Floodwaters of Fury: What Lies Behind the Devastation in the Himalayas? The sheer scale of the disaster unfolding along the China Nepal border is awe inspiring, if only for its brutality.
A landslide has left behind a "debris lake" that could swallow 1,000 Olympic sized swimming pools whole. The numbers are numbing: nearly 500 confirmed dead, with hundreds more missing on both sides of the border.
This catastrophe is not just a tragic reminder of the Himalayas' notorious instability; it's also a stark illustration of the region's growing vulnerability to human induced disasters.