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Nepal's politicians have said the country is bearing the brunt for climate change caused by other nations.
Taradevi Tamang’s village exists on official maps, but on the ground, it looks as though it was never there at all. Two weeks ago, raging floodwaters ripped through her village in central Nepal’s Nuwakot district, sweeping away Tamang’s tin-roofed home alongside the modest savings and gold jewellery she had accumulated over the years. The Trishuli River also washed away her family’s main source of income: 265 piglets and 34 wild boars. Tamang, 50, is among roughly 3,500 people currently...
Flags flew at half mast on the 13th day since the disaster, the last day of the Hindu mourning period.
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More than a week after catastrophic floods struck Nepal, rescue teams continue searching for the missing as authorities assess the scale of destruction. Here’s a look at what caused the disaster, the latest casualty figures, and the ongoing relief and recovery efforts.
More than 1,300 people have died and thousands are missing, but rescuers' hopes have risen after finding survivors in a tunnel.
A Nepalese worker recounts his harrowing escape from a hydropower project tunnel after last week's devastating flood. Around 900 workers remain trapped in tunnels at six hydroelectric plants in Nepal as the number of missing in the Himalayan disaster rose to 5,624 on Thursday, according to Nepalese and Chinese authorities.
Nepali authorities have erected a makeshift zip line to help stranded residents travel across the swollen waters of the Trishuli river after last week’s deadly flash floods swept away bridges, leaving them cut off from the outside world. Some were in need of urgent treatment, medicines, food and other essentials.