Deadly Floods in Nepal Kill Nearly 1,000 and Trigger Mass Rescue Operations

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperatures surge and climate breakdown accelerates, interactions between climate and geology are becoming ever more apparent – as marked by last week’s horrific events in Nepal and Tibet. We still have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the idea ...

By Bill McGuire

Anderson Cooper walks through Nepal flood devastation - CNN

Anderson Cooper walks through Nepal flood devastation  CNN

Nepal FM speaks to Al Jazeera on devastating floods

Nepal FM speaks to Al Jazeera on devastating floods

Nepal floods: meet the principal whose quick thinking saved 900 students

Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received another warning by phone. Moments later, a parent arrived to take her child home. The danger had not yet been confirmed, but Dawadi, the principal, had little time to act. He rang the school bell and ordered his students and staff out of the building and towards higher ground. “I...

By Associated Press

Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950

At least 900 workers are still reportedly unaccounted for from 12 hydropower projects destroyed or damaged by last week’s flash floods.

By Shristi Kafle, Huizhong Wu

Nepal faces another crisis: Healing the trauma of its deadliest floods

Nepal faces another crisis: Healing the trauma of its deadliest floods

Nepal floods: Death toll nears 1,000; 4,400 missing as rescue teams search through debris - Moneycontrol.com

Nepal floods: Death toll nears 1,000; 4,400 missing as rescue teams search through debris  Moneycontrol.com

Nepal-China flood deaths near 1,000 as search efforts persist

One of Asia's poorest economies, Nepal faces daunting reconstruction efforts as it's squeezed by higher fuel costs, sluggish tourism and slowing growth.

Nepal Principal Tells NDTV How He Saved 900 Children From Floods In Minutes

With around 900 of the school's 1,643 students present that morning, mostly older students aged 11 to 18, Dawadi had only seconds to decide what to do.

(URGENT) S. Korea to send KC-330 Cygnus aircraft to Nepal at around midnight to transport disaster relief team, supplies: foreign ministry

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By Oh Seok-min

Nepal rescuers reach remote areas, electricity restored nearly a week after devastating floods

About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts, while Prime Minister Balendra Shah says over 11,000 people have been rescued across the affected region

By Reuters

More countries join Nepal flood rescue efforts - The Kathmandu Post

More countries join Nepal flood rescue efforts  The Kathmandu Post

Flash flood: emergency agencies launch rescue operation in Kaduna

Emergency response agencies in Kaduna have launched evacuation, search and rescue operations following a flash flood that swept through parts of Kaduna metropolis on Sunday evening. The post Flash flood: emergency agencies launch rescue operation in Kaduna appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Emmanuel Okogba

IRCS ready to assist flood-hit Nepal

TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pirhossein Kolivand, has announced the IRCS’s readiness to dispatch rescue forces and relief supplies to help people affected by the flood in Nepal.

Death toll from Nepal flood reaches 903

KATHMANDU – The death toll from the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers has risen to 903, while approximately 4,247 people remain unaccounted for, according to the latest figures released by the government. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) stated in its search, rescue, and relief update issued at 9am on [...]

By Asia News Network

Nepal flash floods: Indian specialised team joins tunnel search and rescue operations

Kathmandu: A specialised tunnel search and rescue team from India, working in coordination with the Nepali Army, continues to conduct intensive rescue...

By Times of Oman