Flood fury in Himalayan Kingdom

A stalled monsoon trough over central Nepal

caused continuous torrential heavy rainfall

Slopes pushed up moisture from the Bay of Bengal

The catastrophe was looming large to befall.

Sudden breach of a moraine dam

Triggered Glacial Lake outburst floods

A surge of water and debris devastates

downstream, catching communities off guard.

Landslides continued to collapse slopes,

forming temporary dams that later burst

Steep valleys amplified runoff swift and fast

Flood of fury of all time unleashed the worst. 

A compound climate disaster of twin sciences

Meteorology and geology to decipher in depth

monsoon extremes, unstable glaciers, terrain hazards

Perished hundreds of lives and left many homeless.

Sparse sensors, lack of predictive models a curse

Warrant real‑time glacial monitoring at source

With closely spaced weather station networks

And cross‑border early‑warning systems.

       …….Narayan Gadagkar