SABAI

 

Event description

 

On the third of September of 1998, an ice avalanche from Sabai Glacier into Tam Pokhari destroyed the impounding moraine taking many lives and causing nearly 2 Mio US $ of damages to the settlements downstream.

 

Damage

        

The resulting flood took many lives and caused nearly 2 Mio US $ of damages to the settlements downstream.

 

Data source

 

- http://archive.greenpeace.org/climate/docs/imja.pdf

 

Remarks