India, Nov. 14 -- Just two weeks ago, on October 29, an outburst from Sintaphu Tsho, a moraine-dammed glacial lake in Bhutan's Laya area, triggered flooding. The resulting glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) damaged roads, bridges and other public infrastructure in two districts of the tiny Himalayan kingdom. Two weeks earlier, on October 11, a landslide-induced flash flood struck communities in Nepal's Chumnubri-Arughat region, along the Budhi Gandaki river, causing widespread destruction. On August 26, a massive ice-and-rock collapse on the northern slope of Tsangbu Ri, in the Lhende Khola valley in Nepal, triggered a catastrophic flash flood, killing about 2,000 people and destroying roads, bridges and hydropower projects; more than 5,0...