April 7, 2023.
Article translated and edited by: Adisorn Suksomat,
review and proofreading: Kom Thanon Sukachasakul
Conclusion :
The video shows an avalanche on a glacier lake in Nepal. Not Mount Everest
This is an old clip taken since January 2021.
There have been about six avalanches in Nepal over the past decade. It wasn't the first time this happened.
Information shared:
Video clips are shared on social media. Claiming that the phenomenon "cloud avalanche" on Mount Everest. It is considered the first image recorded by a human being.
FACT CHECK : FACT CHECK :
According to an investigation by Nepal Minute, a fact-checking website of Nepal. Indicates that clips and data are shared. It is based on a LinkedIn video posted on February 27, 2023 by the account holder, Dr Subramanian Narayanan.
However, the same video clip was found. Posted on Instagram since January 2021 by an account holder named naren32.
from the examination found that Location in both videos Not Mount Everest as claimed It is a mountain near Kapuche Glacier Lake, a glacier lake in Nepal. It is about 300 kilometers from Mount Everest.
According to an investigation by Srilanka Fact Crescendo, a Sri Lankan fact-checking website, the "Cloud Avalanche" phenomenon claimed by the poster was actually is Avalanche events have occurred in Nepal about six times over the past decade. It is not a phenomenon that has never happened before in nature.
Experts suggest that the cause of the avalanche in the clip may be due to temperature changes in the mountains, causing 2 types of wind: Katabatic wind, which causes wind to blow down the slope. When the mountain temperature drops and the steep wind (Anabatic wind) that the wind blows to the top When the mountain temperature heats up which the avalanche in the clip Probably influenced by Katabatic wind
Source: Thai News Agency