Canada's Lake Rouge Vanishes: Miracle or Disaster Harbinger? Scientists Reveal Secrets
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News18•10-01-2026, 22:41
Canada's Lake Rouge Vanishes: Miracle or Disaster Harbinger? Scientists Reveal Secrets
- •Lake Rouge in Quebec, Canada, completely disappeared between April 29 and May 14, 2025, astonishing scientists.
- •NASA's Landsat-9 satellite data revealed the lake's water drained suddenly, creating a new natural channel.
- •The water flowed 10 kilometers into a nearby lake within 2-3 days, causing localized flooding but no major casualties.
- •Scientists attribute the event to weakened natural dams, heavy snowfall, rapid glacier melt, and global warming.
- •Deforestation and past forest fires also contributed by destabilizing soil, making the dam collapse more likely.
Why It Matters: Lake Rouge's sudden disappearance is a stark warning about climate change, human intervention, and environmental fragility.
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