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Nepal debris flow: cause may be collapse of glaciers and rocks over 2 kilometers... Expert: 'An actual example of flooding caused by global warming may have appeared.'

Nepal debris flow: cause may be collapse of glaciers and rocks over 2 kilometers... Expert: 'An actual example of flooding caused by global warming may have appeared.'

Regarding the large-scale debris flow that occurred on the 26th in the border area between Nepal and China, Hidenori Watanabe, a professor at the University of Tokyo who specializes in satellite image analysis, revealed his analysis results indicating that the collapse of glaciers and rocks over a width of about 1 kilometer and a length of about 2 kilometers was highly likely the cause.

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ネパールと中国ちゅうごくの国境こっきょう地帯ちたいで26日かに発生はっせいした大規模だいきぼな土石流どせきりゅうについて、衛星画像えいせいがぞう分析ぶんせきが専門せんもんの渡邉英徳わたなべひでのり・東京とうきょう大だい教授きょうじゅは、氷河ひょうがや岩いわが幅はば約やく1キロ・メートル、長ながさ約やく2キロ・メートルにわたって崩落ほうらくしたことが原因げんいんになった可能性かのうせいが高たかいとする分析ぶんせき結果けっかを明あきらかにした。

Regarding the large-scale debris flow that occurred on the 26th in the border area between Nepal and China, Hidenori Watanabe, a professor at the University of Tokyo who specializes in satellite image analysis, revealed his analysis results indicating that the collapse of glaciers and rocks over a width of about 1 kilometer and a length of about 2 kilometers was highly likely the cause.

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