A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

D. H. Shugar; M. Jacquemart; D. Shean; S. Bhushan; K. Upadhyay; A. Sattar; W. Schwanghart; S. McBride; Vries MVW de; M. Mergili; A. Emmer; C. Deschamps-Berger; M. McDonnell; R. Bhambri; S. Allen; E. Berthier; J. L. Carrivick; J. J. Clague; M. Dokukin; S. A. Dunning; H. Frey; S. Gascoin; U. K. Haritashya; C. Huggel; A. Kääb; J. S. Kargel; J. L. Kavanaugh; P. Lacroix; D. Petley; S. Rupper; M. F. Azam; S. J. Cook; A. P. Dimri; M. Eriksson; D. Farinotti; J. Fiddes; K. R. Gnyawali; S. Harrison; M. Jha; M. Koppes; A. Kumar; S. Leinss; U. Majeed; S. Mal; A. Muhuri; J. Noetzli; F. Paul; I. Rashid; K. Sain; J. Steiner; F. Ugalde; C. S. Watson; M. J. Westoby

doi:10.1126/science.abh4455

A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

D. H. Shugar^*
, M. Jacquemart
, D. Shean
, S. Bhushan
, K. Upadhyay
, A. Sattar
, W. Schwanghart
, S. McBride
, Vries MVW de
, M. Mergili
, A. Emmer
, C. Deschamps-Berger
, M. McDonnell
, R. Bhambri
, S. Allen
, E. Berthier
, J. L. Carrivick
, J. J. Clague
, M. Dokukin
, S. A. Dunning

H. Frey, S. Gascoin, U. K. Haritashya, C. Huggel, A. Kääb, J. S. Kargel, J. L. Kavanaugh, P. Lacroix, D. Petley, S. Rupper, M. F. Azam, S. J. Cook, A. P. Dimri, M. Eriksson, D. Farinotti, J. Fiddes, K. R. Gnyawali, S. Harrison, M. Jha, M. Koppes, A. Kumar, S. Leinss, U. Majeed, S. Mal, A. Muhuri, J. Noetzli, F. Paul, I. Rashid, K. Sain, J. Steiner, F. Ugalde, C. S. Watson, M. J. Westoby

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A deadly cascade A catastrophic landslide in Uttarakhand state in India on February 2021 damaged two hydropower plants, and more than 200 people were killed or are missing. Shugar et al. describe the cascade of events that led to this disaster. A massive rock and ice avalanche roared down a Himalayan valley, turning into a deadly debris flow upstream from the first of the two hydropower plants. The sequence of events highlights the increasing risk in the Himalayas caused by increased warming and development. Science , abh4455, this issue p. 300

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	300-306
Journal	Science
Volume	373
Issue number	6552
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh4455
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2021

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Shugar, D. H., Jacquemart, M., Shean, D., Bhushan, S., Upadhyay, K., Sattar, A., Schwanghart, W., McBride, S., de, V. MVW., Mergili, M., Emmer, A., Deschamps-Berger, C., McDonnell, M., Bhambri, R., Allen, S., Berthier, E., Carrivick, J. L., Clague, J. J., Dokukin, M., ... Westoby, M. J. (2021). A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya. Science, 373(6552), 300-306. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh4455

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