Tag: #floods
Articles tagged with #floods
Loot in Lele
Business as usual for quarries and crushers even after deadly floods in 2024
Soon, the monsoon
Activists who rescued flood survivors are now in Nepal’s government. Will disaster response be different this rainy season?
All shaken up while abroad
Every time a disaster strikes Nepal, more migrants spend extended time abroad to save enough to rebuild
Nepal flood survivors still waiting for relief
A month-and-half after the disaster in September, charities and volunteers outpace government in relief work
The not-so-permanent frost
Rapid thawing of the Himalayan ice-cap is compounded by little-studied melting of permafrost that destabilises peaks
Monsoon deluge in Nepal
Overnight, Kathmandu received half its average rain for August, unleashing floods and landslides nationwide
What is lost cannot be repaid
Climate breakdown puts the very survival of a community in Nepal’s Mustang region in question
Soon, monsoon
Still reeling from last year’s flood, Kagbeni braces for another rainy season
Either too little, or too much water
Extreme weather, glacial lake bursts becoming more serious and frequent in eastern Nepal, affecting livelihoods
More monstrous monsoons
Future flood disasters in Pakistan and Nepal can be prevented if more attention is paid to preparedness and proper planning
Mustang forced to adapt to climate crisis
Floods threaten not just the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Lubra, but also the village’s unique Bon Po heritage
Hiding their head in the sand
Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
Climate change drowns the American dream
Ang Gelu Lama, 50 and his two-year-old son Lobsang who drowned in their basement apartment on 1 September in New York City. Photos: FACEBOOKThe…
Himalayan floods a sign of worse to come
Nepal’s trans-Himalayan district of Manang is located in the rain-shadow, and is a high altitude desert. Its average annual rainfall is barely…
A hotter Himalaya
The muddy waters of the Indrawati bringing down the Melamchi flood at left merging with the Bhote Kosi at Dolalghat on Monday. Photo:…
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 needs to plan for plenty and scarcity of water
Photo: KUNDA DIXITClimate change, pollution, and lack of infrastructure restrict water access in Nepal. Madhav Belbase, retired Secretary of the…
Death by drowning on the rise
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe death of five children by drowning last month in Dhanusha made headlines. A week later, two boys drowned in a pit left…
Pokhara’s shrinking Phewa Lake
Pokhara on a clear autumn day. All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALThe once pristine Phewa Lake that used to reflect the majestic Annapurnas and…
We’ve seen fire, and we’ve seen rain
Prolonged winter drought caused nationwide wildfires in Nepal, and this was followed by destructive floods at the start of the monsoon. Photos:…
The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
After the deluge in Nepal
Sambhu Kumar Mandal and dozens of his colleagues have been in Sindhupalchok working on reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake. All photos:…
Nepal hit by disaster during climate talks
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIEven as Nepal’s delegates at virtual meetings preparing for a Climate Summit in Glasgow in November were raising the issue…
Nepal hit by disaster during climate talks
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIEven as Nepal’s delegates at virtual meetings preparing for a Climate Summit in Glasgow in November were raising the issue…