16+ hour, 15+ min ago   (457+ words) The question for Nepal is therefore whether Nepal is developing the scientific knowledge, monitoring systems and institutional capacity needed to understand what is changing in the mountains before those changes become disasters. These cascading hazards are becoming increasingly important in…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (196+ words) The third batch of emergency relief supplies from China arrived in Nepal on Thursday, delivered by a Y-20A large transport aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu said. The supplies arrived at Tribhuvan International…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1389+ words) The Bhotekoshi floods have changed the landscape that helicopter pilots once relied on to navigate the valleys of Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Roads, riverbanks and familiar landmarks have disappeared, while steep terrain cuts off radio signals from ground-based control towers. Yet…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (987+ words) For Nepal, the monsoon is normally the season of abundant electricity. Heavy rains swell the rivers that power its run-of-river hydropower plants, allowing the country to generate more electricity than it can consume and sell the surplus to its neighbours....

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (652+ words) Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged the international community to recognise the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood as a warning of the growing climate risks confronting the Himalayan region. Briefing the House of Representatives on the losses caused by the disaster and…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (155+ words) The devastating August 26 Bhotekoshi flash floods have ignited an intense debate across social media and among environment experts about the ecological cost of modern technology and the growing footprint of artificial intelligence. “This is roughly double the area of Jakarta,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (505+ words) Nepal must press the international community to recognise the growing toll of climate change on the Himalayas, Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to recover from devastating floods along the Bhotekoshi river. Addressing the House…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (294+ words) Within 15 minutes of receiving the information, at 9:15 AM — 38 minutes after the ice-rock avalanche — people in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and Chitwan got text alerts that advised them to immediately move to safe, higher ground as water levels in the Bhotekoshi river…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (357+ words) Last weekend, I came across a video on social media that has been pricking my brain ever since. The video showed a reporter standing in front of a helicopter at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, his boom mic raised. The…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (906+ words) The Kathmandu Post China and India should do more to save the Himalaya system News about the colossal loss after the August 26 flood in the Bhotekoshi/Trishuli in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and other districts is still emerging. The data received so…...