World48:00China has sent a third batch of aid to flood-hit Nepal, where authorities are still searching for thousands of missing people. Nepali officials estimate that about 20,000 homes will need to be rebuilt in safer locations.
World48:00China has sent a third batch of aid to flood-hit Nepal, where authorities are still searching for thousands of missing people. Nepali officials estimate that about 20,000 homes will need to be rebuilt in safer locations.
World4:33Rescue operations are continuing in Nepal as international aid arrives, with hundreds of people still trapped inside hydropower tunnels. More than 1,200 have died and over 4,000 remain missing, including nearly 590 foreigners from 39 countries.
SocietyAn Australian medical student’s partner is missing after the Nepal floods. The student says technology companies should do more by sharing data that could help rescue teams narrow their search areas for him and others caught in the disaster.
World1:23Authorities in Nepal are struggling to identify remains recovered after recent flash floods, with some bodies already badly decomposed. For health reasons, unidentified remains are being buried after DNA samples are collected, while relatives of missing people can submit samples at collection centres for genetic comparison.
WorldAfter devastating floods damaged roads and disrupted regular routes, the Nepalese Army installed a temporary zip line in Bidur, Nuwakot district, to help residents cross the Trishuli River.
WorldSome families in Nepal held symbolic funerals for relatives who remain missing after flash floods and are presumed dead, hoping the ceremonies will help free their souls.
WorldNepal faces a prolonged and difficult recovery after devastating floods destroyed communities and displaced thousands. David Sanderson, a University of New South Wales professor and founder of the HowWeSurvive initiative, says rebuilding and moving displaced people into long-term housing will be major challenges, while warning of risks to displaced communities.
WorldNearly 5,000 people remain missing one week after a glacier collapse at the Nepal-China border. Anuradha Mittal, founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute, describes the rescue effort and the humanitarian tragedy.
ScienceA collapsed glacier in Nepal triggered catastrophic flooding that killed more than 1,000 people, with thousands still missing. Andrew Chang examines what made the flood so violent and why the Himalayas’ scale and the region’s climate make prediction and monitoring so difficult.
WorldRescuers in Nepal are racing to reach hundreds of workers believed trapped in tunnels at a hydropower project after catastrophic flooding. Tunnel engineering professor Arnold Dix says rocks the size of cars are blocking the route, making the operation unlike any rescue he has seen. Crews have located the entrance, set up drainage and are using explosives to clear the boulders.
WorldThousands remain missing after catastrophic floods swept across the Nepal-Tibet border. Families are still searching for loved ones, survivors are returning to damaged homes and communities are beginning the long work of rebuilding while the search continues.
WorldRescuers in Nepal are working urgently to reach hundreds of workers believed trapped in hydropower tunnels in Rasuwa near the Chinese border. Catastrophic flash floods last week damaged at least a dozen projects. Crews are using excavators and controlled blasts to remove boulders blocking entrances, while officials hope some workers survived in areas the water did not reach.
WorldHope has returned that some hydro workers in Nepal may have survived inside tunnels along a river hit by last week’s enormous flash flood. In Nepal and China, however, there is little expectation that thousands of other missing people are alive. The death toll has passed 1,200.
SocietyNepalese families are mourning loved ones while rescuers search for survivors a week after catastrophic flash floods struck the Himalayan nation. At least 1,114 people have died and nearly 4,000 are missing. Relatives in Kathmandu are giving DNA samples to identify victims, while families in Trishuli held symbolic last rites for women swept away while working in paddy fields.
WorldAfter a deadly Himalayan flood left thousands missing and more than 1,100 people confirmed dead, villagers in Nepal used a makeshift zip line to cross a river and inspect their homes.
ScienceFlooding along Nepal’s border with Tibet has killed 1,200 people, with the toll still rising and thousands missing. The UN says the world has failed to prevent temperatures from exceeding 1.5°C. Sunil Acharya, Transition Lead at the NGO Recourse, assesses how much climate warming contributed to the disaster.
WorldCNN spoke with a girl who lost 17 family members in Nepal’s floods, where the death toll has risen above 1,000 and more than 4,400 people remain missing. Rescue teams are racing to search for workers feared trapped alive in hydropower tunnels buried by mud.
WorldThe destruction from a rock-and-ice avalanche in the Himalayas a week ago is worsening by the day. Landslides triggered floods that swept away villages, roads, bridges, homes and livelihoods, while rescue teams have recovered more than 1,000 bodies from the mud. Northern Nepal’s Rasuwa district is the worst-hit area.
WorldFamilies continue searching for loved ones after last week’s floods, while survivors return to devastated communities. The latest CNA Correspondent podcast examines Nepal’s enormous rebuilding effort, with reporting from Kathmandu and recently visited worst-hit areas.
HealthA week after deadly floods struck Nepal and Tibet, aid officials are warning that water shortages and inadequate sanitation could fuel a growing public health crisis. CNA spoke with Dr Allison E Gocotano, the acting WHO representative to Nepal, from Kathmandu.
WorldNepali authorities believe dozens of workers trapped in hydropower tunnels may still be alive because some sections contain chambers with air supplies. Rescue efforts remain difficult as severe weather and heavy rain continue to worsen conditions.
WorldA week after a glacier collapse caused catastrophic flooding across Nepal and Tibet, the death toll is rising and rescue teams are stretched to the limit. Nepal’s Emergency Operations Centre says hope remains, but the chances of finding survivors are diminishing. At least 1,100 people have died and nearly 4,000 are unaccounted for in Nepal, while Chinese state media reports 16 deaths and about 500 missing in Tibet. Access to parts of the disaster zone is improving.
WorldAs the world follows the aftermath of devastating floods in Nepal, journalist Anup Kaphle questions when coverage of a natural disaster shifts from legitimate global concern into spectacle. A native of Nepal, he returned home to help tell the country’s story.
WorldA week after devastating floods hit Nepal, hospitals and morgues in Kathmandu are struggling to handle the influx of dead. As hopes of finding more survivors fade, authorities have begun collecting DNA samples from relatives of the missing to help identify the bodies.