Smaranika Shakya
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Monsoon storms batter Nepal (opens the original)
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A month after the catastrophic flood on the Bhote Kosi-Trisuli, Nepal has been battered by a late monsoon storm that caused a deadly avalanche on a mountaineering peak on Sunday, landslides hit settlements and floods destroyed homes across the country. The massive avalanche hit the base camp of Himlung Himal (7,126m) in the Nar Phu area of Manang. Fourteen Nepali guides and support staff who were preparing for the arrival of foreign clients are missing. There have been numerous fatalities across
Glacier melting is black and white (opens the original)
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The accelerated melting of Himalayan glaciers is mainly caused by global warming due to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. But a new study has confirmed that air pollution deposits also melt the icecap by making it darker. The two phenomena work in different ways. While the buildup of greenhouses gases due to fossil fuel burning traps solar radiation and raises global surface temperatures, soot particles make snow and ice absorb more sunlight and cause additional melting. Record
Nepal grapples with limited DNA analysis capacity (opens the original)
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Unlike the 2015 earthquake, when the death toll could be accurately tallied relatively quickly, the number of bodies retrieved after the Trisuli Flood two weeks ago is one-fifth of those reported missing Rescuers fear that the actual number of dead may be much higher, and many of the bodies may never be found. However, of immediate concern is identifying the bodies and body parts found so far. The task has been complicated by the lack of DNA analysis capacity in labs in Nepal, and the fact that
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