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The Everest Village That Vanished in 22 Minutes — and the Famous 'Doomsday Lake' Had Nothing to Do With It

For a decade, the Nepal Army raced to defuse Imja Tsho before it could flood the Khumbu. In August 2024, the real disaster came from two lakes with…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 6, 2026

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On 16 August 2024, two glacial lakes with no names on any hiking map broke within minutes of each other above Thame village in the Everest region. The resulting flood reached the village in as little as twenty-two minutes. Fifteen kilometres away, the…

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What this means for trekkers

What this means for you The Thame–Gokyo trail has been rebuilt and is open; the damaged sections near Thame and the approach bridges were repaired by 2025 for the following trekking seasons. The lesson from 2024 wasn't that the Khumbu is newly dangerous —…

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