Nepal Flood Explained: 600x Smaller Than the Missoula Flood
The hosts analyze a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal caused by a rock/ice avalanche that dammed and then burst a river, creating a wave traveling at 111 mph.summaryThey contextualize this modern event within a broader framework of paleohydrology, comparing the discharge rates to massive prehistoric megafloods (like the Missoula floods) and citing ice core data to argue for rapid, csummaryNepal Flood Mechanics: A rock/ice avalanche on the Nepal-Tibet border dammed the Lang Tang river, creating pressure that burst through, sending a flood wave traveling 168 km in 7 minutes (approx. 150 km/h or 111 mph). Altakeaway









