Cracks on two other nearby glaciers are being monitored: officials posted at 16:09 BST 16:09 BST Navin Singh Khadka Environment Correspondent, BBC World Service Meteorology officials in Nepal have said they are now trying to monitor two more glaciers near the one that collapsed causing Wednesday’s devastating floods. They say monitoring is crucial because some images they have received appear to show cracks in the glaciers. They quickly add that the cracks can “But given what has happened to the nearby glacier, we are trying to monitor this as much as possible,” a senior official from Nepal’s hydrology and meteorology department told the BBC. The official said they were examining drone photographs shared by China, which were taken in and around the site of the glacier collapse on the northern flank of Mount Langtang Lirung, which is on the Nepalese side of the Experts at the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an international organization that specializes in Himalayan hazards, said the other two glaciers are fed by the same Lhende River that was flooded. “Satellite images suggest that one of the glaciers may contain hanging ice masses that warrant observation and assessment,” said Qianggong Zhang, head of climate and environmental risks at ICIMOD. Scientists say hanging glaciers may be more dangerous because they cling to steep mountain slopes, just as part of the collapsed glacier did.
