‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas

A glacier collapsed into the Bhote Kashi River, which flows from Tibet into Nepal, triggering a torrent of rock and ice that swallowed parts of the country, The Guardian reports. Dozens of Indian families, from Mumbai to Kolkata, are still searching for missing loved ones, flooding social media with pleas and photos as the search continues.

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