The glacier melts until it collapses, the dam collapses, the scientists ascend the clues of global warming.
The glacier melts until it collapses. – BBC Reported that from the disaster, the glacier collapsed, the dam collapsed until the flash floods in the Tapovan Hydroelectric Power Plant construction area. Uttarakhand North india With dozens of deaths and over 200 missing, scientists are investigating the cause of some of the glaciers. It collapsed into the dam causing high waves and a shocking flood of water.
This image via Maxar’s WorldView-1 on February 9 shows the corner of the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) power plant under construction in the Thali Ganga River market. After a glacier sinks in and has caused a flood of water, Satellite image? 2021 Maxar Technologies / Handout via REUTERS
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5 scientists take a helicopter to explore the glacier and take pictures. As well as assessing the situation from satellite images of the damaged area With the assumption that The glacier should have broken and fell onto the river. Or was it because the avalanches came down due to the construction of the dam and the power plant below?
The source of this horrifying event was caused by a mountain top glacier. Which is 5,600 meters above sea level, which scientists believe part of the glacier covered the steep slope and pinned it with that rock. Is the part that begins to weaken over time Through the freeze and thaw period
Even when the melting glaciers pass time and the temperature rises, Until finally weakened and collapsed On Sunday, Feb.7, it carried snow, rocks, sediment and water along the raging river to the foothills.
General view during a glacial flood in Tapovan, Uttarakhand, India February 7, 2021 Manvar Rawat/Sewa International/via REUTERS
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When the huge stones Snow and sediment flow down a narrow stream. On the mountain, at an altitude of 3,600 meters, the water level in the stream rises dramatically. The enormous water mass and the rocks that flow with the overflowing streams overflowing the dam below, causing the area below to be flooded with flash floods.
Kalachansen, director of the Vadia Institute for Himalayan Geography, sent a team of scientists to investigate the damaged area and said it was infrequent. Along with suggesting that the cause was caused by the floating glaciers After a long time Or make it clear that the main cause is “Global warming”
Photo taken via Maxar’s satellite showing the construction site of the Tapo Wan Wishnu Rattana Hydroelectric Power Plant on 23 Nov 2018, just before a glacier collapse.
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As temperatures rise rapidly, the ice melts and the glaciers break down. Glaciers collect snow in winter and melt in summer. But when the temperature rises The ice is melting faster than when it is accumulated, estimated there are 10,000 glaciers in the Indian Himalayas. Only the state of Uttarakhand There are likely to be around 1,495, and the number is greatly reduced due to warm weather.
General view of the place where members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conduct a rescue operation, after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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The natural disasters that struck Sunday Feb.7 account for only 10 percent of India’s Himalayan glaciers. But causing enormous harm to life and property
For the progress of the search for hundreds of lost lives in this event. Rescuers used drones to search for the lost workers in a flooded tunnel.Of the 204 missing people, most of them were workers at the Tapovan Vishnu Raya power plant.
The hopes of finding the survivors dimmed. After 5 camera-equipped drones sent into the tunnel, no trace was found. Or the body of the deceased While the weather is very cold Making almost no hope that anyone would survive
The team cleared the mud that was blocking the tunnel. Move more than 80 meters of mud but still need to clear 80 meters to reach the point where most workers are trapped.
In addition, the villagers in 13 mountain villages were cut off from the outside. Due to the muddy water flooding the path Staff had to send a helicopter to deliver supplies.
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