Tag: Nepal-Tibet disaster
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Nepal flood victims look to PM Shah to press climate case at UN
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah will press for international support at the UN General Assembly after the disaster that killed more than 1,400 people in his country and China’s Tibet.
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Commentary: Asia has to prepare before climate disasters, not just cope after they strike
When it comes to climate adaptation and resilience in the region, there are wide gaps between estimated needs and available capacity and finance, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.
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Nepal floods among ‘most challenging’ disasters: WFP
Many communities near the epicentre of the disaster remain cut off, with the UN working alongside Nepal’s government to get emergency supplies into devastated areas.
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Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas, according to the researchers.
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Nepal disaster exposes growing challenge of monitoring Himalayan hazards
The deadly Aug 26 disaster in Nepal shows how a warming Hindu Kush Himalaya is creating complex, cascading hazards that scientists are racing to understand and monitor.
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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to hit US$4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday.
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MFA reached out to nearly 100 Singaporeans, PRs in Nepal and Tibet after disaster: Vivian Balakrishnan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also providing consular assistance to the families of the nine Singaporeans who are still missing, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
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Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods
The Aug 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris, which began on the China-Nepal border, has killed more than 1,401 people and left 5,845 missing.
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Nepal disaster death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels
Rescue work continued in Nepal for a 14th day after the glacial and mountain collapse near the China-Nepal border swept away roads, bridges and homes.
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Nepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels
At least 11 hydropower projects were engulfed when a glacier collapsed into a river on the Nepal-China border on Aug 26, burying the entrances to the tunnels of these projects under debris and mud and cutting off those trapped inside.
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