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Satellite Images Before Nepal Disaster Showed Warning Signs
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Satellite images before Nepal disaster showed warning signs
A team analyzed radar data from European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellites acquired between 8 January and 18 August. The last observation was only seven days before the disaster. Images revealed accelerated glacier-rock movement before the collapse.
Dipesh Chapagain, senior researcher at the United Nations University (UNU-EHS), argues to EFE that events such as the flood on 26 August last "may always cause chain catastrophes."
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In Nepal on August 26, the death toll from flooding in the Bhotekoshi River rose to 1,252, while efforts are underway to search for 4,875 people missing.
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