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1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jigyasa Mishra

   ‘Still a lockdown’: Deadly floods hit Nepal tourism as peak season begins (opens the original)

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   Kathmandu, Chitwan and Nuwakot, Nepal – Like every year, Pushpraj Rimal, a tour planner and taxi driver in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, was looking forward to September for his business to boom. But what he got instead was a series of cancellations by tourists after catastrophic floods last month killed more than 1,450 people and destroyed key highways, deeply impacting the Himalayan nation heavily dependent on tourism. “It is still a lockdown kind of situation,” the 42-year-old told Al Jazeera n

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2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jigyasa Mishra

   ‘Orphaned’ by floods, more than 500 Nepali children face uncertain future (opens the original)

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   Dhading; Rasuwa; Nuwakot, Nepal – As nine-year-old Ram Thakur walked uphill with his mother and dozens of others fleeing floodwaters on August 26, he looked back and saw brown water surging up. So they started running. His mother, who had been holding his hand until then, helped him climb faster. Then, as the sounds of the swirling water mingled with the shouts of those around them, she yelled to her son: “Chhito maathi hinda, pachhaadi na-hera,” Nepali for “Climb up faster, don’t look behind.”

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