Extreme heat threatens Nepal's economy as warming accelerates

A new World Bank report warns Nepal is warming faster than most South Asian countries, with heatwaves increasingly hurting workers, straining infrastructure and putting economic growth at risk.

In the scorching mid-June afternoon, as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Celsius, 67-year-old Gopal Damai was still pulling his rickshaw through the streets of Mahendranagar in far-western Nepal.