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Nepal disaster is a wake-up call to take compound climate risks seriously
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The catastrophic glacial collapse in Nepal on 26 August, which triggered a magnitude-5.2 seismic event and downstream flash flooding, starkly demonstrates the destructive potential of multi-hazard risk cascades (see Nature https://doi.org/rmmc; 2026).
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R.D. is a member of the Methods Advisory Group (MAG), Department of Work and Pension, UK.
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