Tibet

Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepal minister

Nepal has contributed negligibly to the breakdown of the global climate system, said Nepal’s foreign minister Shisir Khanal.

China names new top official for Tibet in regional reshuffle

Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say

Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas.

Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake: Report

Damaged buildings and houses covered in mud next to the Likhu River following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nepal.

Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods

In Nepal, 1,358 bodies have been recovered and 5,326 people are missing, according to Kathmandu’s disaster authority.

Nepal glacier saw exceptional heat before collapse that caused deadly floods: Researcher

A man looks at the remains of sludge-ridden houses in the aftermath of flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Sept 8.

Nepal rescuers focus on 900 hydropower workers, 121 could be trapped in tunnels, officials say

An aerial view of Devighat, one of the flood-hit villages in Nuwakot district, on Sept 7, when Nepal observed a national day of mourning. At least 1,380 people have been killed by the mudslide and more than 5,500 are missing in Nepal and Tibet.

Family mourned her for 10 days, then rescuers heard her cry

Chandika Kumari Shrestha survived for days in a narrow pocket of air amid water and mud.

Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

Family members check photographs of missing people pasted on a bank ATM near Trishuli camp in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Sept 5.

At flood-destroyed China-Nepal border, no sign of a once-busy port

Rescue workers conduct search-and-rescue operations at the Gyirong border crossing separating China’s Tibet and Nepal.

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