“With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and erratic, access to real-time, accurate information can help build resilience among vulnerable communities” PHNOM PENH, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Floods…
Devastating floods in Nepal have sparked regional tension, with Nepali politicians and media outlets claiming that Indian infrastructure along their shared border has left Nepal vulnerable. In a visit last…
Precipitation extremes – in terms of both excess and deficient rainfall – has caused serious disruption with widespread socio-economic impacts in many countries in recent weeks. Here is a glance…
“The water swept away food, clothes, kitchen utensils and everything I kept inside, apart from the beds” By Arun Karki TADUWA, Nepal, Aug 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was…
Torrential rain from 10 August, 2017, has caused widespread flooding and landslides in Nepal. Figures from Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) say more than 30 districts of the country…
Communities in the Kamala River Basin in central-south Nepal are subject to recurrent floods annually. Early Warning Systems (EWS) in other river basins in Nepal have proven to be effective…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) in Nepal has said that at least 11 people have died as a result of landslides and floods in the country over the last…
Within 48 hours after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April 2015, the country’s main airport was flooded with humanitarian aid supplies and rescue and relief teams coming in from…
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People forced to leave their homes because of climate change in South Asia should get the same protections given to political refugees,…
[LHASA] Tibet’s expanding glacial lakes threaten downstream communities in Nepal, reports Jane Qiu for SciDev.Net. Geologists gathered in Beijing for the 33rd International Geographical Congress, held in August, reported that…
Landslides and floods triggered by days of monsoon rainfall affected parts of Western, Mid-Western and Central regions of Nepal. Local media report that over 30 people have died and over…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities…
KATHMANDU, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For weeks after Nepal’s worst earthquake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying relief, airplanes bringing…
A new Community-Based Flood Early Warning system will allow communities in Nepal and India to access almost real-time information about water levels upstream, reports Giovanni Ortolani for SciDev.Net. Communities in…
Reports from Nepal say that over 40 people have been killed and over 80 injured in floods and landslides in the Taplejung district of eastern Nepal. Many more are thought…
The landslide at Ramche village in Myagdi district, about 140km north-west of Kathmandu, Nepal, struck late on Saturday 23 May 2015. The landslide blocked the Kali Gandaki river, creating a…
