A mountaineer overlooks the Imja glacier lake in the Everest region of Nepal (undated handout photo). The Imja lake did not exist 35 years ago. Experts of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva warned June 5, 2002 of bursting Himalayan glacial lakes, threatening the lives of thousands of people, because of ice melt caused by global warming.-Reuters
Kathmandu, Oct 31, 2016 (AFP) - Nepal has successfully drained part of a giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, averting risk of a disastrous flood that could have threatened thousands of lives, officials said Monday.
Scientists say climate change is causing Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate, creating huge glacial lakes which could burst their banks and devastate mountain communities.
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