Nearly 300,000 Nepalis at Flood Risk: Study
The study says Nepal lacks detailed flood maps as development expands, leaving more than 100,000 people exposed to glacial lake outburst floods.
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Nearly 300,000 Nepalis at flood risk: study
A tsunami-like wall of water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26 cut a swathe of destruction across the nation. The disaster raised fears that similar floods could strike elsewhere as glaciers retreat and development expands across fragile mountain terrain. The study, published in Scientific Reports, examined areas up to 50 kilometres (31 miles) downstream of 1,361 Himalayan lakes in Nepal a…
A new study alerts that more and more people live in places of risk exposed to floods in the mountain range
Hundreds of thousands still at risk of climate-linked floods in Nepal
Long before a wave of water rushed down the Bhote Koshi river and its tributaries, researchers were working to calculate just how many people are living downstream and exposed to potentially catastrophic flood risk in the areas that drain from Nepal’s high mountain basins.
Following August catastrophe: Nearly 300,000 Nepalis at flood risk: study
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