India knows what patient investment can do. After the 1999 Odisha cyclone, two decades of steady funding made the state a model for moving people before the storm arrives. The mountains need the same ...
Researchers note that the two disasters, occurring within seven weeks of each other, highlight the increasing challenge posed by cascading mountain hazards across the Himalayas.
A detailed ICIMOD-led assessment found that the event was caused by the displacement of lake water following the ice avalanche, rather than a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF).
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority evacuated villagers and warned others to move to safer areas while remaining on alert until late Sunday.
A new European Union-funded programme to strengthen disaster preparedness across South Asia has brought renewed hope, after Project SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya was shut down following USAID funding cut
