Melting Himalayas? Nepal disaster exposes growing risk of glacial flooding

Home Shows The Debate To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: The Debate © REUTERS - ANGAD DHAKAL 43:20 Issued on: 01/09/2026 - 01:35 From the show One of the tragic consequences of global warming. Scientists will tell us whether receding glaciers are to blame for last Wednesday’s ice shelf collapse that triggered a catastrophic flood, cascading down more than 3,000 meters from the Chinese border into Nepal. We’ll get the latest and draw consequences for Nepal and its Himalayan superpower neighbors, China and India, and for the rest of humanity, as we gauge rescue and recovery in an area that not only boasts the world’s tallest mountains but also serves as Asia’s water tower. How do we prepare for the next big emergency and the drastic long-term changes to our natural habitats? Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Daniel Whittington, Juliette Brown, Charles Wente. Video by: