2024-03-28 04:56:01
Climate crisis increases fears of glacial lake flood in Peru
In 1941, thousands of people died in Huaraz when the natural dam on a lake above the city gave way.
Now, melting glaciers are raising the chances of it happening again
When disaster struck in 1941, Huaraz had a population of 12,000;
It is now a thriving city of 120,000 people.
“It’s one of the world’s only examples of a major city sitting right beneath a potential risk of a glacial lake flood,” say…