Dramatic new footage has revealed the moment hikers witnessed a giant glacier collapse in the Himalayas, triggering the catastrophic flash floods and mudslides that devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet.
The video, filmed by a Chinese tour guide in Tibet, shows huge chunks of ice breaking away from a ridge on Langtang Lirung peak, on the Nepali side of the border.
Hikers reported hearing a huge crack before ice, rock and debris plunged into the valley below, sending an enormous cloud of dust billowing into the air.
The glacier collapse triggered a landslide which formed a lake in the valley below, before a
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