@1000shockingmoments: On July 8, 2022, a significant glacier collapse occurred in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul region, triggering a massive avalanche in the Dzhuku Pass of the Terskey Ala-Too range within the Tian Shan mountains. The event was captured on video by British tourist Harry Shimmin, whose footage showed a wall of ice and snow rapidly descending the mountainside, nearly engulfing a group of hikers. Remarkably, all members of the group survived, with only minor injuries reported. The collapse released an estimated volume of ice and snow equivalent to 800 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Experts attribute the incident to extreme heat and climate change, which have accelerated glacier melt in the region. Kairat Moldoshev, a professor at Kyrgyz Pedagogical University, noted that a heatwave had caused significant melting, leading to the glacier’s structural failure. #g#glacierm#mountainCredit - Harry Shimmin

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