flash-floods

Climate breakdown linked to Thame flood

Suspected glacial collapse damages half of the settlement of Thame in the Everest region

Good COP, bad COP

Just as the deadlocked climate summit in Glasgow was being extended by a day last week, Kathmandu was once again shrouded in smoke and...

Sonia Awale

Post-monsoon rain ruins Nepal’s crops

Still reeling from a disastrous monsoon season, Nepal has been hit with unseasonal downpours that have dumped more rain on rice crops that...

Mountainous regions face catastrophic impacts without urgent climate action

Human activities are damaging the planet at an alarming and unprecedented rate. The latest report by the UN climate science body IPCC, released...

UN climate report declares planetary emergency

As if the drought, wildfire and flood disasters this year were not bad enough, scientists have warned that unless the world reduces emissions of greenhouse gases drastically, these...

Kathmandu's ‘flash floods’ are 4 decades in the making

Kathmandu Valley’s geography gives it several strategic advantages. It is too high for malaria, but too low for much snow and ice....

Tom Robertson

The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope

Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon

Monsoon hits Nepal with a bang

Extreme rainfall over the past three days on Himalayan foothills that were ravaged by wildfires just four months ago have led to...

A disaster resilient Nepal is possible

The 2020 southwest monsoon was forecast to be 'normal' in Nepal, but it turned out to be more intense than predicted, and...

Don’t just blame God for floods and landslides

This year’s monsoon rains started early, and have been heavy. But total precipitation for June and the rainfall recorded for the past...