Which are the world's deadliest glacier disasters?
A glacial lake outburst in Peru's Huaraz in 1941 killed 5,000 people, while massive block of ice broke away from Peru's tallest mountain and killed 4,000 people in Ranrahirca in 1962. The deadliest glacier-related disaster in history happened in Peru's Yungay in 1970, killing 25,000 people. Similar incidents happened in Tibet and India in 1981 and 2021, respectively.