5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1447+ words) KATHMANDU — The impact of the floods in the Bhotekoshi River is beginning to ripple through Nepal’s tourist industry, with hotels reporting a wave of cancellations just as the peak autumn tourist season gets underway. Hotels in Pokhara, Chitwan and Lumbini…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1733+ words) KATHMANDU — Rakesh Mahato lies in a hospital bed in Kathmandu with a simple wish—to get up, take a few steps and make it home. The 25-year-old from Sarlahi district has spent the entirety of the past year in hospital…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (330+ words) KATHMANDU — The confirmed death toll from catastrophic flash floods in northern Nepal has risen to 1,355, with 4,996 people still unaccounted for, according to government data released on Monday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said search and rescue…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (355+ words) KATHMANDU — When devastating floods struck Nepal on the morning of August 26, Niraj Bhusal was getting ready for a routine day at the Ministry of Finance. READ: Nothing left: Nepal flood survivors face loss and uncertainty To ensure absolute accuracy and…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1509+ words) KATHMANDU — Sixteen-year-old Samiksha Dangol was on her way home from school when she saw her father coming towards her. It was the morning of August 26 at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, a district north-west of Kathmandu. Samikshya, a Grade…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (653+ words) Buildings, bridges, roads and more than a dozen hydropower facilities have been destroyed, causing an estimated $2.6 billion (€2.24 billion) in damage to public and private infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Search and rescue operations…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1124+ words) KATHMANDU — When devastating floods tore through the river basins lying at Rasuwa and Nuwakot last week, reaching the affected areas by air became a challenge of its own. The landscape had been altered by landslides and flooding, while there was…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (767+ words) KATHMANDU — Pariyar, who likes to be identified by only her last name, is a breastfeeding mother who is three months into caring for a newborn who does not stop crying. On the morning of August 26, Pariyar fled her home in…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (834+ words) KATHMANDU — Two seconds is time enough to blink. For 31-year-old Sudip Kumar Neupane, this window meant the difference between life and death. Sudip was racing back on a motorcycle after warning villagers of an approaching flood when buffaloes slowed him…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (200+ words) KATHMANDU — Two people were rescued alive on Saturday, 11 days after devastating floods in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi River left them missing. A Chinese national was rescued from Audit-4 of the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Rasuwa district, the Nepali Army said. The…...