Nepal drains dangerous glacial lake to safe level

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 05:31 in Earth & Climate

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Army soldiers and local villagers have finished digging through rocks and boulders to drain a glacial lake just south of Mount Everest, bringing the water to a safe level and possibly preventing an outburst that could have flooded several villages, officials said Tuesday....

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