Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People by Matthew Phelan from Gizmodo on 2026-09-02 18:40 (#784BW) A geophysicist at Virginia Tech discovered subtle acceleration measurements in the deceptively slow shifts of ice and rock that preceded August 26's deadly glacial collapse in Nepal.