Tag: #disaster preparedness
Articles tagged with #disaster preparedness
Meltpools in the Himalaya
It is urgent to become more proactive with Nepal’s future glacier hazards
Mapping Kangchenjunga glacial flood risk
Researcher models future floods from dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal to propose risk reduction measures
Blatten, Langtang, and Disasters Yet to Come?
While these two disasters are quite different, there are some important correlations between them
Technology and tectonics
What recent earthquakes in Burma and Nepal reveal about our fragile humanitarian systems, and how to fix them
Structural problems
Strict building codes, emergency preparedness and proper land use to make public buildings safer
Alarm in Nepal after Tibet quake
The Xigatse earthquake coincided with anniversaries of 1934 and 2015, and were reminders to be better prepared
When it rains it pours
It was a natural disaster but the high death toll was a testament to criminal state negligence.
Soon, monsoon
Still reeling from last year’s flood, Kagbeni braces for another rainy season
Remembering the Seti disaster
12 years after the tragedy that killed 72 people, warnings that Pokhara is not prepared for another flood
Disastrous preparedness
Nine years after the 2015 earthquake is a good time to begin preparing to be prepared for multi-hazards
The rise of high-rises
Nine years after the 2015 earthquake, Kathmandu has to ask: how safe are the new tall structures
90 years after ’90
The Great Earthquake of 1934 is known by the Nepali year it happened: Nabbe Sal
Learning from Jajarkot what we didn't after 2015
Every earthquake throws up lessons so we can be better prepared next time. This month's quake is another chance.
Shaking things up
The Jajarkot earthquake could be a dress rehearsal for an even bigger disaster in the near future.
Back to classroom for earthquake preparedness
Nepal must use its schools to improve disaster response to save lives in future disasters
In a disastrous state
2015 was just a warning, a mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal, and we better start preparing for it
Concrete lessons of 2015
SCENIC, BUT ALSO SEISMIC: Kyanjin in Langtang Valley has resurrected after the 2015 earthquake, but even in this remote area, most of the…
Concrete planning
Nepali Times editorial #740 9-15 January 2015On 25 April 2015 at exactly 11:56, the ground beneath Kathmandu Valley started shaking. Houses…
Rebuilding resilience 7 years later
Now that we are wrapping up reconstruction after 2015, we need to focus on building a disaster resilient Nepal
Why more women die in Nepal’s natural disasters
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThirty-seven people were killed when a landslide on 12 July tore through the settlement of Lidi of Sindhupalchok district. More…
Ke garne attitude kills people
Epidemics are nothing new in Nepal. In fact, the country’s history is littered with references to frequent outbreaks of cholera, influenza,…
Epicentre of two disasters in West Nepal
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…
Nepal in the 2020s
Photo : SONIA AWALENepal is stepping up preparations for its 10-year census in 2021, which is slated to be the most hitech in history and will…
Nepal villages cope with climate-induced floods
Farmers in the Tarai displaced by floods return to their homes, better protected for the next disaster