Business as usual for quarries and crushers even after deadly floods in 2024
Activists who rescued flood survivors are now in Nepal’s government. Will disaster response be different this rainy season?
Every time a disaster strikes Nepal, more migrants spend extended time abroad to save enough to rebuild
A month-and-half after the disaster in September, charities and volunteers outpace government in relief work
Rapid thawing of the Himalayan ice-cap is compounded by little-studied melting of permafrost that destabilises peaks
Overnight, Kathmandu received half its average rain for August, unleashing floods and landslides nationwide
Climate breakdown puts the very survival of a community in Nepal’s Mustang region in question
Still reeling from last year’s flood, Kagbeni braces for another rainy season
Extreme weather, glacial lake bursts becoming more serious and frequent in eastern Nepal, affecting livelihoods
Future flood disasters in Pakistan and Nepal can be prevented if more attention is paid to preparedness and proper planning
Floods threaten not just the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Lubra, but also the village’s unique Bon Po heritage
Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
Ang Gelu Lama, 50 and his two-year-old son Lobsang who drowned in their basement apartment on 1 September in New York City. Photos: FACEBOOKThe…
Nepal’s trans-Himalayan district of Manang is located in the rain-shadow, and is a high altitude desert. Its average annual rainfall is barely…
The muddy waters of the Indrawati bringing down the Melamchi flood at left merging with the Bhote Kosi at Dolalghat on Monday. Photo:…
Aerial photograph of Kathmandu Valley, looking west over the floodplain in 1967. Photo: EARL WEBB/DOUG HALL PEACE CORPS COLLECTIONS Kathmandu…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITClimate change, pollution, and lack of infrastructure restrict water access in Nepal. Madhav Belbase, retired Secretary of the…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe death of five children by drowning last month in Dhanusha made headlines. A week later, two boys drowned in a pit left…
Pokhara on a clear autumn day. All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALThe once pristine Phewa Lake that used to reflect the majestic Annapurnas and…
Prolonged winter drought caused nationwide wildfires in Nepal, and this was followed by destructive floods at the start of the monsoon. Photos:…
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Sambhu Kumar Mandal and dozens of his colleagues have been in Sindhupalchok working on reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake. All photos:…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIEven as Nepal’s delegates at virtual meetings preparing for a Climate Summit in Glasgow in November were raising the issue…
