flash-flood

Flood of despair

As in previous calamities, there is hope in individual Nepalis and communities helping each other

Think globally in Glasgow, and act locally

On 15 June, the Melamchi River north of Kathmandu saw a massive flash flood, killing 25 people and sweeping away 200 houses...

Climate change is a disaster in the Nepal Himalaya

Floods, a declining yarsagumba crop and collapse of trekking combine to impoverish farmers in Nepal’s remotest district

More Himalayan tsunamis

The devastating collapse of the Nanda Devi glacier in India’s Uttarakhand state on 7 February that killed hundreds should be a warning for Nepal...

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