Causes, consequences and implications of the 2023 landslide-induced Lake Rasac glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Emmer, Adam, Vilca, Oscar, Checa, Cesar Salazar, Li, Sihan, Cook, Simon, Pummer, Elena, Hrebrina, Jan, Haeberli, Wilfried
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1900; name=General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Dammed Lake; Glacial Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/31f2b69e-681d-4720-ac56-f8a788af9a9b; https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1207-2025; https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/files/148138543/nhess-25-1207-2025.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105001966685&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Glacierised Peruvian mountain ranges are experiencing accelerated, climate-change-driven glacier ice loss. Peru’s second highest mountain range, the Cordillera Huayhuash, has lost about 40 % (∼ 34 km 2 ) of its glacier cover since the 1970s. Newly exposed landscapes are prone to a number of hazard p...