How a glacier collapse is believed to have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster
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A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below is believed to have unleashed the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet that have killed at least 180 people.
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A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below is believed to have unleashed the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet that have killed at least 180 people.
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