The Patagonia town where Nepal’s deadly glacier flood could be repeated – and what they’ve learned

The risk to El Chaltén in Argentina has been known for years but recent findings and the Nepal disaster have brought planning for the worst-case scenario into sharp focus The images from Nepal stopped Daniela Schmidt in her tracks. A geologist at the University of Buenos Aires…

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