'No doubt' that climate change played role in Nepal-Tibet flood, study finds

'No doubt' that climate change played role in Nepal-Tibet flood, study finds A study has found that climate change had contributed to the glacier collapse that unleashed devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border. More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands are missing following the deluge on 26 August. There was absolutely no doubt that human-induced climate change played a role here in the preconditioning of the disaster, said Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London and one of the study's authors. The World Weather Attribution study, published on Thursday, said the disaster was the result of a compound event caused by rising temperatures, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and pre-existing geological weaknesses. Massive floods and landslides swept through border towns and villages in Nepal and Tibet, wiping out thousands of houses, destroying energy infrastructure and leaving thousands dead or missing.