An imp input on #Uttarakhand_Disaster
Spoke to D P Dobhal, former glaciologist at Dehradun's Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. He said:
-Lake formation happened for sure, which eventually breached today and caused the floods.
Spoke to D P Dobhal, former glaciologist at Dehradun's Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology. He said:
-Lake formation happened for sure, which eventually breached today and caused the floods.
Dobhal contd:
-There could be a few possibilities of how the lake was formed:
1) the heavy sediments in the flood waters show that an avalanche could have happened, which would've have dammed the river waters. Glacier debris could also have added to the damming.
-There could be a few possibilities of how the lake was formed:
1) the heavy sediments in the flood waters show that an avalanche could have happened, which would've have dammed the river waters. Glacier debris could also have added to the damming.
Dobhal contd:
2) It could have been a GLOF. Only further investigation can confirm.
2) It could have been a GLOF. Only further investigation can confirm.
My personal understanding is that an on-site investigation takes time. It took many days to ascertain the reasons behind the Kedarnath deluge in 2013, which killed thousands of people. It was later called a GLOF. There are no quick and easy deductions that can be made here.
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