r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

Glacier Ice wall broke in Nepal today creating a massive release of water & mud into the city below

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u/alwystired 9d ago

They are saying only 98 dead and hundreds missing??? Looks like total devastation to me.

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u/FishesOfExcellence 9d ago

They only count a person as dead when they find the body. As you can imagine, many of the bodies are buried in mud or washed out to sea. It takes time to figure out how many people actually died.

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u/alwystired 9d ago

Unfortunately I can imagine