Tag: #landslides
Articles tagged with #landslides
Loot in Lele
Business as usual for quarries and crushers even after deadly floods in 2024
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
Pokhara 800 years ago
New paper describes collapse of Annapurna 4 that created the terraces on which the city is located today
Hiding their head in the sand
Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
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…
Disasters in Nepal come in waves
Mahendra Shrestha, 61, of Melamchi Bazar breaks down as he surveys the damage to his house on Wednesday. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepal sits upon a…
Nepal braces for monsoon-pandemic double hit
A landslide in Jajarkot last year. Photo: RSSBy any measure, the past year has been disastrous for Nepal. The Covid-19 lockdowns devastated the…
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
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…
Abnormal rise in monsoon lightning in Nepal
The heavy toll in landslides and floods during this year’s rainy season in Nepal have overshadowed another frequent disaster: lightning.This…
Deadly monsoon in Nepal turns deadlier
Even in normal years Nepal has one of the highest fatality rates in the world from landslides and flashfloods. But even by that grim standard,…
UN and DFID join hands for Nepal Covid fight
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe Covid-19 pandemic hit Nepal much later than the rest of the world, and now the country is being battered by a surge of…
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…
In Nepal, either too much or too little water
Nepal Police rescue villagers in Kailali district parts of which were flooded following a heavy rainfall. All photos: RSSThose drawing attention…
The COVID-19 plastic pandemic
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe coronavirus pandemic was a respite for nature everywhere. The air was cleaner, trekking trails were pristine, the summit of…
Heavier-than-usual monsoon in Nepal
This year’s vigorous monsoon in Nepal has left at least 116 dead and 50 missing in landslides and floods, with Gandaki Province hardest hit by…
Heavy monsoon rains forecast for Nepal
Satellite radar image at 1030AM on Sunday showing a series of monsoon pulses moving across Nepal from east to west.The Department of Meteorology…
Volunteers to the rescue in Nepal’s flood season
Photo: VCNAs the monsoon rains again cruelly reveal the fragility and errors of ‘development’ in Nepal, there is a sense that the country should…
Nepal must prepare for climate migration
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
Women in climate hot spots face challenges adapting
SHOULDERING THE BURDEN: The workload for women like Nanimaya Dhungana in Kavre (Above) may have increased because of the climate crisis. Photo:…
MIGRATION MITIGATION
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…