Brief communication: Observations of a glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier, Everest area, Nepal

Rounce, David R.; Byers, Alton C.; Byers, Elizabeth A.; McKinney, Daene C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-443-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-443-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-443-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Brief communication

|

08 Feb 2017

Brief communication |

| 08 Feb 2017

Brief communication: Observations of a glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier, Everest area, Nepal

David R. Rounce, Alton C. Byers, Elizabeth A. Byers, and Daene C. McKinney

Video supplement

Glacier outburst flood from 12 June 2016 David R. Rounce, Alton C. Byers, Elizabeth A. Byers, and Daene C. McKinney https://doi.org/10.5446/31808

Short summary

On 12 June 2016, the authors witnessed a glacier outburst flood with origins from Lhotse Glacier, located in the Everest region of Nepal. Observations regarding the size of the flood and a reconstruction of its path immediately following the event were performed. Most of the flood water was stored in the glacier's subsurface and likely released by dam failure. A similar flood from Lhotse Glacier was also reported by local community members on 25 May 2015.