Tag: #earthquake
Articles tagged with #earthquake
Shaken, but not stirred
This is not fear-mongering. It is a public service announcement to plan for the next big earthquake.
Nepali migrant workers rebuild lives
How survivors of the earthquake on 3 November 2023 have found new hope for the future in Malaysia
Building back better (and quicker)
Lessons for Jajarkot from the swift reconstruction following the Bara-Parsa tornado disaster in 2019
Jajarkot survivors show collective resilience
They are not waiting for delayed government aid, and help each other rebuild homes and schools
Demographics of disaster in Nepal quake
Most of the 157 killed in Friday’s midnight earthquake are women and children
Deadly earthquake hits W Nepal
Seismologists had predicted that a megaquake was long overdue in western Nepal
Turkey and Nepal face similar seismic risks
Nepal must prepare itself for overdue mega earthquake with retrofitting and better building codes
In a disastrous state
2015 was just a warning, a mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal, and we better start preparing for it
Earthquake vacates villages in Nepal
All Photos: DHANBAHADUR THAPAAlmost every household in western Nepal has a family member working in India, and the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that…
Nepal’s mountains are melting
Gabions constructed by local lodge owners near Chukhung village in 2016, following an englacial flood from the Lhotse glacier in 2015. The…
The history of heritage
The Taleju Temple of Patan with the Mulchok courtyard in 2019. Photo: NHDP.Seven years ago, on a particularly gloomy Saturday, the ground…
The historic Kathmandu beneath our feet
Photo: AMIT MACHAMSIIn late December 2021, social and mainstream media in Nepal was abuzz with news of the discovery of a stone slab in Patan…
Lessons still not learnt
Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15…
Creation to destruction, then revival
The ancient town of Panauti is preparing for its once-in-12-years Makar Mela this month, a festival that dates back 1,000 years. Despite the…
Nepal sees spike in suicides during pandemic
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
Kathmandu loses its open spaces
Tundikhel in 1921. Photo: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya archive.The tragic death tolls from two recent earthquakes in the Greater Himalaya should…
Rebuilding Kathmandu after the 1934 quake
Before 1934, the old quarter of Kathmandu was compact and densely populated. All photos: IMAGES OF THE CENTURYThe way Nepal’s Rana rulers went…
Miracle Boy, six years after Nepal quake
Baby survived being buried under the rubble for 22 hours, but his family still struggles to cope
Lessons not learned from 2015
The clock is ticking on the next Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters
Rani Pokhari open for Bhai Tika
All photos: BIKRAM RAIRani Pokhari’s Bal Gopaleshwor Temple was opened to the public for the first time after the 2015 earthquake on Monday. The…
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…
Kulman Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt
Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after four years as head of the…
Stop complaining, start contributing
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
The story of Langtang cheese
My name is Gyalbu Tamang, and I was born in Kyangjin Gompa of Langtang Valley. I am now 44. My father Pasang Norbu worked in the cheese factory…