Drone photo of the impact crater, taken at 8 a

From Onlinekhabar English

Drone photo of the impact crater, taken at 8 a.m. China time on September 1, 2026. Source: CCTV Kathmandu, September 2 Experts studying the glacier collapse believed to have triggered the devastating Bhotekoshi flood estimate that around 25 million cubic metres of snow and ice fell nearly 2,000 metres from the northern Langtang region. The massive icefall is believed to have generated an impact comparable to a powerful explosion, contributing to the unusually destructive flood that swept through the Lhende Khola and the Bhotekoshi river system. Prof Dr Ranjan Kumar Dahal, a geologist at Tribhuvan University’s Central Department of Geology, is part of a team studying the glacier collapse and subsequent flooding. “Even using a very conservative estimate based on satellite data, around 25 million cubic metres of snow and ice appear to have fallen,” Dahal told Onlinekhabar. “The energy generated when that mass fell about 2,000 metres would have had an impact similar to a bomb blast.” According to Dahal, the impact was also recorded as equivalent to a 5.2-magnitude earthquake.