earthquake-safety

The rise of high-rises

Nine years after the 2015 earthquake, Kathmandu has to ask: how safe are the new tall structures

Sonia Awale

Be prepared

Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when a magnitude 8.3 quake epicentred in Okhaldhunga, killed at least...

Past disasters foretold

 Preparing western Nepal for a future megaquake is now even more urgent than reconstruction in areas hit by the 2015 disasterNepalis live...

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