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

https://mins.news/en/item/38985

- France 24, 2026-08-31 15:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/nepal-floods-unprecedented-requires-new-engineering-approaches-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.

## Stories

- [Nepal Tibet Himalayan Flood Disaster](https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster.md

## Related coverage

- [EXCLUSIVE: Nepal to rebuild early-warning system on China border after deadly flood, sources say](https://mins.news/en/item/42123) — Reuters, 2026-09-02
- ['I haven't lost my hope' - the search for missing loved ones](https://mins.news/en/item/39052) — BBC News, 2026-08-31
- [Nepal floods ‘unprecedented’, requiring new engineering and urban-planning approaches](https://mins.news/en/video/38986) — France 24 English, 2026-08-31
- [After Nepal’s flash-flood disaster, what the country really needs](https://mins.news/en/item/38478) — Al Jazeera, 2026-08-31