Big flood in the high mountains
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In Nepal and Tibet there is a bad disaster. A part of a mountain and a glacier break. This causes a huge flood. The water carries mud and stones. Whole villages vanish under mud. Over 600 people die in Nepal. In Tibet there are 7 dead people. More than 2500 people are missing. Rescue is very hard. The mud is 2 meters high in many places. Helicopters have trouble to land. Many roads and bridges are broken. Some areas have no power and no phone net. People stay trapped in mountain tunnels. Nepal asks other countries for help. They need tools for rescue in tunnels. Glacier experts say this can happen in Europe too. The earth gets warmer. Ice in the mountains melts. The ice holds the mountains like glue. When the ice melts, the mountains get loose. Stones and earth slide down fast. Austria and Switzerland watch the mountains very close. They have better warning systems than the high mountains.
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Definitions
- Glacier
- A glacier is a very big mass of ice. This ice stays all year long. It grows from snow in high mountains.
- Flood
- A flood is a very fast and strong water mass. It starts sudden from much rain or melting ice.
- Climate change
- Climate change means the earth gets warmer all the time. Cars and factories make bad gas for this.
Locations
- Nepal
- Nepal is a country in Asia. The highest mountains in the world stand there.
- Tibet
- Tibet is an area in high mountains of Asia. It belongs to China.
- High mountains
- The high mountains are the highest mountains on earth. They are in Asia.
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