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Trisuli Disaster Exposes Lethal Gaps in Mountain Early Warning Systems

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A month after a high-altitude slope collapse triggered the deadly Bhote Kosi-Trisuli flood, experts warn that early warning systems failed to anticipate cascading mountain hazards.

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    One month after a catastrophic mountain collapse unleashed a deadly slurry down the Bhote Kosi and Trisuli river basins, the disaster has exposed critical shortcomings in national early warning protocols and climate adaptation frameworks. The 26 August catastrophe left more than 8,000 people dead or missing across Nepal and China, while sweeping away 13 hydropower facilities across six districts.

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