Tag:Nepal floods

The human cost is measured not only in the 27 confirmed deaths and four missing, but also in the 1,082 families whose homes or livelihoods have been disrupted at a moment when many were still recovering from August’s far larger trauma.

Continuous heavy rainfall battering Nepal since Thursday has triggered floods and landslides that have claimed at least six lives, left five people missing and paralysed road networks in several provinces.

Search and rescue operations continue even as Nepal confronts the massive financial and logistical burden of rebuilding.

As the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment nears completion, attention will shift from assessment to concrete financing and implementation.

Paudel closed his address by recalling Nepal’s history of confronting earthquakes, floods, landslides and pandemics with courage and determination.

In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.

The scale of the challenge has made this one of the most complex rescue efforts in Nepal’s recent history.

Nepal’s Foreign Minister and the UN climate chief have both warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas.