WorldNepal floods 'unprecedented', requiring new engineering and risk-sensitive urban planning

Basanta Raj Adhikari, director of Tribhuvan University’s Center for Disaster Studies, says the floods expose the limits of conventional prevention in the Himalayas. With flood speeds estimated at 170 to 180 kilometres per hour and threats including avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods, he calls for satellite mapping of high-risk hotspots, ground monitoring, early warnings and risk-sensitive land-use planning.

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