Tag: #natural disasters
Articles tagged with #natural disasters
RED ALERT: Get ready for the wildfire season
How Nepal can reduce forest fires and boost farm production at the same time
Flooded with memories of floods
Strengthening mental health support within disaster response plans to safeguard lives and livelihood in Nepal
Lessons for Nepal from the Chennai floods
Catastrophic urban floods are rooted in the mismanagement of key natural resources such as land, water, and ecological hotspots
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
Remembering the Seti disaster
12 years after the tragedy that killed 72 people, warnings that Pokhara is not prepared for another flood
The rise of high-rises
Nine years after the 2015 earthquake, Kathmandu has to ask: how safe are the new tall structures
Below zero at Ground Zero
Two months after the Jajarkot earthquake, survivors try to survive the cold
A flood of recrimination
This monsoon was no different than previous ones in Nepal being blamed for downstream inundation
Lost and damaged
On the evening of 15 June 2021, Baburam Bhandari was sitting down for dinner with his family, when the police sent out a warning about a flood…
Who will pay for climate disasters?
Adapting to extreme weather events alone will not save Nepal, it needs to push for loss and damage compensation
Post-COP26, Nepal’s real work now begins
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIAfter the flashflood of international media coverage of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the climate emergency has now…
The monsoon, and nature’s arithmetic
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIRudyard Kipling's 1893 short story ‘The Bridge Builders’ surprised me. It is not about how noble British men brought…
The monsoon, and nature’s arithmetic
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIRudyard Kipling's 1893 short story ‘The Bridge Builders’ surprised me. It is not about how noble British men brought…
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…
Yaas stops Everest climbers at Camp 2
The summit ridge of Mt Everest on 22 May before the bad weather from the remnants of Cyclone Yaas stopped climbing. Photo: MINGMA GMore than 100…
Yaas stops Everest climbers at Camp 2
The summit ridge of Mt Everest on 22 May before the bad weather from the remnants of Cyclone Yaas stopped climbing. Photo: MINGMA GMore than 100…
Alarm bells from Nanda Devi
A weir built 20 years ago reduced the level of the water by 3m in the Tso Rolpa glacial lake in Nepal, but it needs to go down by 20m to reduce…
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…
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,…
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…
Gift a goat to Tibet nomads in Nepal
ALL PHOTOS: KAMZANG JOURNEYSAnother harsh winter this year in the part of the Tibetan Plateau that is located in Nepal’s Upper Mustang region…
Terrifying assessment of a Himalayan melting
Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile the global media’s attention is on the Greenland ice sheet, the Arctic and eastern Antarctica, a landmark report…
AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET
Photo: Nature CommunicationsWhat makes Nepal scenic is also what makes it seismic. The country is located in one of the most vulnerable regions…