Tag: #flooding
Articles tagged with #flooding
More dark clouds over Nepal
Heavy post-monsoon rain forecast until midnight for Kathmandu Valley, with the weather system dumping rain over eastern Nepal on Sunday
Versatile bamboo reduces climate risk
Nepal’s villages use fast-growing bamboo groves to protect them from more frequent floods
The Kosi returns to its old ways
All photos: VOLUNTEER CORPS OF NEPALSeasonal floods are a given in Nepal, and some are more destructive than others. Incessant rain from 2…
Kathmandu's ‘flash floods’ are 4 decades in the making
Aerial photograph of Kathmandu Valley, looking west over the floodplain in 1967. Photo: EARL WEBB/DOUG HALL PEACE CORPS COLLECTIONS Kathmandu…
Nepal’s deadliest monsoon in recent times
Aftermath of the landslide that occurred on Friday morning in Lidi of Sindhupalchok district. All photos: RSSThis year’s monsoon season has been…
Preparing for floods during a lockdown
Villagers in Rautahat move to higher ground along a road embmankment to prepare for the flood season. This year it coincides with the pandemic,…
Borderline disorder
Pic: ANEK PANDEYWhen Nepal signed the Sugauli Treaty with British India in 1816, parts of the demarcated border followed the courses of rivers.…
Nepal must keep water on its land
Our ancestors knew how to store monsoon runoff for year-round use, we must learn from them
From playing victim to proactive leadership on climate
Gebru Jember Endalew has been involved in UN negotiations on climate change since 2008 as a core member of the Ethiopian negotiating team. Last…
Turning on the heat
Photo: GEORGE MALLORY Unprecedented in recorded history, there was a 100 degree C difference in temperature between the northern and southern…
Climate damage
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIClimate change is global, it does not respect national boundaries. Neither should its solution. The only way we can…