WorldPingSurvivors of the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, some still missing friends and family members, shared harrowing accounts of their escape from raging floodwaters that brought devastation to the Himalayan border region, leaving more than…
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WorldPingDramatic rescue in Nepal as survivors crawl through mud from flood-hit tunnel - video — full report at Times of India.
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WorldPingA glacier broke apart. An ice and rock avalanche followed. Then came an earthquake, before a landslide triggered devastating floods that tore through kilometres of valley.
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WorldPingNepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing.
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WorldPingAlison Sargent is pleased to welcome Sunita Sharma, Head of Programs of Karuna-Shechen.
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WorldPingRecent floods in Nepal and Tibet followed ICIMOD's warnings about melting glaciers. These reports highlighted doubled ice loss rates and increased flood risks across the region.
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WorldPingNew satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres.
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