Climate change is the most serious global challenge facing human civilization today. Its effects are being felt worldwide. Global temperatures are rising, glaciers are melting, and glacial lake out...
Kathmandu, August 29 The immediate risk of a lake burst from a water body formed after an ice-rock avalanche in Rasuwa has decreased, according to technical experts. The Department of Hydrology a...
Chinese embassy in Kathmandu says the lake formed after an ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing, with officials on both sides continuing to monitor the risk of a possible b...
KATHMANDU, Aug 28: A devastating flood and debris flow triggered by a landslide on a glacier has caused massive loss of life and property along the Nepal-China border.
Nepal is one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries, with nearly 80 per cent of its population exposed to climate-and disaster-related hazards. Increasing floods, glacial lake outburst fl...
Kathmandu. CPN-UML MP Arjun Kumar Karki has drawn the government's attention to the high risk of four glacial lakes in Sankhuwasabha, stating that the settlements and structures around them are at ...
Kathmandu, August 27 A large lake has formed below a massive avalanche in the northern part of Langtang Lirung, raising concerns about another flood in Rasuwa. Chinese media and experts who have ...
China warns the lake near the Nepal-Tibet border could breach as 3 million cubic metres of water is expected to flow into it over the next three days, adding to risks after Wednesday’s deadly flood...
KATHMANDU, August 1: Glacier-fed lakes across Nepal and its transboundary river basins continued to expand in both number and size between 2017 and 2024, with the Koshi basin witnessing the most ra...
Thimphu. Bhutan is operating a 24-hour monitoring and early warning system to reduce the risk of floods from rapidly melting and expanding glacial lakes due to climate change. A team stationed in a...
Kathmandu, August 26: A devastating flood that struck Rasuwa’s Bhote Koshi River on Wednesday morning is believed to have been triggered by a possible glacial lake outburst or a landslide in the T...
Recurrent floods and glacial lake outbursts expose Nepal’s vulnerability and underscore the need for stronger early-warning systems and preparedness. The Bhotekoshi flood has caused an unimaginabl...
Mustang. Monitoring of potential glacial lake and flood risks in the high Himalayan regions of Upper Mustang has begun through on-site and drone surveys. Officials have stated that no immediate pot...
Kathmandu, August 26 The cause of the devastating flood in Rasuwa’s Bhote Koshi River remains unclear, with experts suggesting that a glacial lake outburst, avalanche or failure of a natural river...
Nepal says a Tibet earthquake may have triggered a glacial outburst, but officials on both sides of the border remain unable to establish the exact cause as rescue and relief efforts intensify. Ne...
Kathmandu. The devastating incident on the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26 has once again drawn the world's attention to glacial disasters. Preliminary studies indicate that a large part of the gla...
An initial assessment suggests an avalanche blocked the Lhende river, while authorities investigate whether a glacial lake also burst. An initial assessment suggests that an ice avalanche blocked ...
Mother, the devastating flood-landslide that suddenly came from the bursting of glacial lakes and avalanches to the north has caused a deep wound on your chest, and our chests have also been shatte...
Heavy rain, glacial lake outbursts and weak geology are driving repeated disasters across Himalayan districts, with experts warning that hundreds of settlements remain highly vulnerable. Floods tr...
Kathmandu. Experts have stressed the need to immediately establish a 'transnational early warning system' to reduce the risk of floods and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) coming from across th...
Kathmandu. It is suspected that the water level in the Bhote Koshi river suddenly increased on Wednesday morning due to floodwaters coming from the upper region towards Tibet after a glacial lake b...
Biraj Bhakta Shrestha
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