5+ day, 8+ 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, 9+ 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, 6+ 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, 8+ 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, 4+ 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, 5+ 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, 8+ 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, 3+ day ago   (1521+ words) KATHMANDU — Nima Dorje Tamang was in Hakubesi, a hamlet south of Syafrubesi in Rasuwa, when the flood struck. Before Tamang could prepare, he heard a thunderous roar and saw the flood gushing toward him, its waves taller than him. Tamang…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (676+ words) KATHMANDU — Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged the international community to recognise the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood as a warning of the growing climate risks confronting the Himalayan region. Briefing the House of Representatives on the losses caused by the disaster…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (417+ words) KATHMANDU — Guna Maya Bohara sometimes sings at night. It is the same bhajan—Hare Ram, Hare Krishna—that she used to sing during her stay at the elderly care home and during temple visits. Sometimes after singing, she asks a…...