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Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters

Par : Hannah Beech and Sajal Pradhan
The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.

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Tashi Lhazom, a climate activist, meeting with a woman displaced by the floods, at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Scientists Warn of Flood Risks to 8 Himalayan Countries after Nepal Disaster

Par : Somini Sengupta · Hari Kumar and Zane Irwin
The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers spanning eight nations. Better monitoring and cooperation between the countries could save lives, experts say.

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A view of the Trishuli River after the deadly flooding that swept away homes in Betrawati, Nepal, this month.
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Human-Caused Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Report Finds

Par : Raymond Zhong
Rising temperatures contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the permafrost and ice around the collapsed rock, scientists concluded.

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The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal after the flash flooding last month.
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After a Desperate Search for Survivors, Rescuers Find Bodies at Nepal Power Plant

Par : Hannah Beech · Sajal Pradhan and Binod Ghimire
An expert team spent days trying to find six men who were trapped underground after catastrophic floods, as families clung to fading hopes.

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A search and rescue team from the Nepali Army inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel in Nepal on Sept. 10.
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Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief

Par : Mujib Mashal · Binod Ghimire and Lam Yik Fei
Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.

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In Flood-Stricken Nepal, a Cool Gust Carries Hopes of a Miracle Rescue

Par : Hannah Beech and Sajal Pradhan
Rescuers clawing through a hydropower tunnel clogged with mud, water and rock have found a pocket of air near where six workers are believed to be trapped.

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Members of the Nepali Army conducting a search-and-rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project on Thursday.
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Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D.

Par : Anupreeta Das · Sajal Pradhan and Binod Ghimire
The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.

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Houses buried in mud and debris in the Nuwakot district of Nepal on Aug. 28, two days after a glacial collapse caused devastating floods.
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Nepal Floods Buried a House. The Woman Inside Was Still Alive.

Par : Mujib Mashal · Binod Ghimire and Sajal Pradhan
A rescue from a mostly buried house gave new hope to a town devastated by floods in Nepal. Earlier Saturday, another survivor had been pulled from a tunnel.

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A rescue team at a house where a woman was found in Betrawati, Nepal, on Saturday.
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9 Days After Flood, 2 Men Are Pulled Alive From Mud-Filled Tunnels in Nepal

Par : Anupreeta Das · Sajal Pradhan · Laura Chung and Thomas Fuller
One of two workers rescued from a hydroelectric plant said he had recited prayers over and over while trapped deep underground. “How many days has it been?” he asked.

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Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at the hydropower station in Rasuwa, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Families Turn to Symbolic Cremation After Nepal Floods

Par : Mujib Mashal and Binod Ghimire
Thousands are missing, and some families have lost hope of recovering their bodies. To carry out his sacred duty, a son lights the funeral pyre for a straw effigy of his father.

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Darshan Bhattarai, center left, and Kamala Bhattarai, center right, at a cremation ceremony for Pushpa Raj Bhattarai at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Inside the Nepal Tunnel Rescue Operation

Par : Laura Chung
An Australian engineer advising the effort described how two men were freed after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.

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Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at a hydropower project tunnel on Thursday as they search for survivors, following deadly flash floods in Rasuwa, Nepal, last week.
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Inside the Nepal Tunnel Rescue Operation

Par : Laura Chung
An Australian engineer advising the effort described how two men were freed after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.

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Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at a hydropower project tunnel on Thursday as they search for survivors, following deadly flash floods in Rasuwa, Nepal, last week.
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Workers Rescued From Tunnel in Nepal 9 Days After Flood

Par : Anupreeta Das and Binod Ghimire
Rescuers pulled out two survivors as the search continued for hundreds missing inside hydropower projects that were buried in the flooding catastrophe last week.

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Rescuers carry one of the survivors found in the tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, in Nuwakot, Nepal, on Friday.
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In Nepal and Tibet, Pollution on Glaciers Could Fuel More Flood Disasters

Par : Hiroko Tabuchi
Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.

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A meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in 2025.
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The ‘Miracle House’ That Survived Nepal’s Floods

Par : Mujib Mashal and Binod Ghimire
People are coming to take photos of the green-painted house, which kept the Pyakurel family safe as the area all around them was destroyed by rampaging floodwaters.

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Nepal’s Economy Has Few Ways to Absorb the Cost of Flood Damage

Par : Alex Travelli
The country’s government estimates that the recent catastrophic floods caused $5 billion in damage. That’s one-tenth of Nepal’s entire economy.

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A home partially buried in thick mud and debris in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal.
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How to Help Nepal Flash Flood Victims

Par : Jonathan Wolfe
More than 1,000 people have been killed in a Himalayan landslide and flooding, and thousands more are missing. Here’s how you can help.

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Volunteers and police officers packed up humanitarian aid and essential supplies in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.
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A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal

Par : Binod Ghimire and Claire Moses
Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.

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Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
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For Nepal’s Young Leader, Flood Recovery Will Be a Herculean Task

Par : Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal
Prime Minister Balendra Shah, 36, rose to power this year on the back of youth anger with graft and mismanagement. His fledgling government now faces a huge test.

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A swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday after floods caused by a glacier breaking in the Himalayas.
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China Prepared for One Kind of Himalayan Flood. Then a Different Disaster Struck.

Par : Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu
After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defenses at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s “cascade of hazards” overwhelmed them.

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Searching for missing people along a road leading toward Gyirong Port in China on Sunday. On Wednesday a tsunami-like wave of ice, boulders and water tore through the port complex.
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Nepal Turns to Mass Burials as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods

Par : Sajal Pradhan · Mujib Mashal and Atul Loke
Only a fraction of the over 4,200 missing in Nepal are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.

Officers at a mass burial of unidentified victims in Bharatpur, Nepal, on Sunday.
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See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone

Par : Atul Loke and Anupreeta Das
Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.

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Volunteers and police officers packing relief supplies for delivery by drone in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.
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Before Nepal’s Floods, Hindu Pilgrims Sought the Divine at Mount Kailash

Par : Lauren McGaughy · Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash in Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.

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Many religious pilgrims head to the Nepal region to visit Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Floodwaters ravaged the area, leaving thousands unaccounted for and killing at least 675.
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China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood

Par : Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.

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An aerial view of the muddy Trishuli River winding through Rasuwa District in Nepal on Thursday.
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Nepal Rescuers Bore Through Tunnels to Try to Reach 900 Workers Missing After Floods

Par : Anupreeta Das · Sajal Pradhan and Binod Ghimire
The Nepal Army, which is leading rescue efforts, turned to the trapped workers more than a day after the flood, according to army officials, industry groups and private rescuers.

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Rescuers evacuating people from the tunnel of a hydropower project in Rasuwa, Nepal, in an image released by Nepal’s Prime Minister Secretariat on Friday.
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Search Continues for 2,400 Missing in Nepal Floods Amid ‘Immense’ Devastation

Par : Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal
As rescue efforts entered their fourth day, the scale of destruction came into focus, signaling a daunting recovery for the vulnerable nation.

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Damaged buildings in Devighat, a town in the Nuwakot district of Nepal that was devastated by Wednesday’s flash flood, on Friday.
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As Deadly Flash Flooding Batters Nepal, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’

Par : Finn-Olaf Jones
A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing.

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Homes were heavily damaged and partially buried in thick mud and debris after a catastrophic flash flood in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal on Wednesday.
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Nepali Flood Survivors Face Profound Loss, Pressing Needs and Murky Futures

Par : Anupreeta Das · Sajal Pradhan and Atul Loke
The disaster has left countless people with little or nothing of the lives they had built, struggling with immediate survival and unsure how to rebuild.

Disaster survivors in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday surveyed the damage to their businesses and homes while seeking shelter, food and medical care.
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A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.

Par : Jason Gulley
A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.

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A researcher paddled an inflatable kayak equipped with sonar to measure the depths of a meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal last year.
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Disaster Experts Say Nepal Glacier Collapse Was Difficult to Predict

Par : Laura Chung
Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.

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The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal on Thursday after the flash flooding. Most monitoring and early-warning systems for glacial hazards focus on a specific area of risk.
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China Offers Condolences to Nepal While Emphasizing Disaster Began There

Par : Lily Kuo
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, issued his first message to Nepal’s government since the landslide on Wednesday that has left hundreds dead near the countries’ border.

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Mud-laden water and debris in the Bhotekoshi River in northern Nepal, on Thursday.
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Disaster Experts Say Nepal Glacier Collapse Was Difficult to Predict

Par : Laura Chung
Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.

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The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal on Thursday after the flash flooding. Most monitoring and early-warning systems for glacial hazards focus on a specific area of risk.
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In Nepal, Fears of a Second Flood Grow as Rescue Efforts Continue

Par : Mack Liederman and Rebecca L. Davis
Nepali and Chinese authorities warned that a lake created by a deadly landslide could burst open soon. Another deluge would pose the most risk to rescuers, an expert said.

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The Bhotekoshi River in northern Nepal on Thursday, after flooding swept away or damaged buildings.
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Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief: ‘They All Died, and I Lived’

Par : Anupreeta Das and Atul Loke
A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.

Residents waiting to be airlifted by helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal.
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In Nepal, a Catastrophe So Sudden There Was No Time to React

Par : Binod Ghimire · Anupreeta Das · Leo Sands and Michael Levenson
The collapse of part of a mountain created a flash flood of a scale and speed no one had imagined, survivors said. Hundreds died, at least, and many more are missing.

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Nepali Army personnel carry young children to a rescue helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on Thursday.
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Nepal Flood Maroons Thousands After Roads and Bridges Swept Away

Par : Alex Travelli
Twenty-five miles of roads were erased, stranding a quarter of a million Nepalis and knocking out phone and power lines.

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Rescue workers at the scene of the flood at the Trishuli Dam in Nepal, on Thursday.
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Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods

Par : Maxine Joselow and Leo Sands
Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.

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Mud-laden water and debris surges through the widened channel of the Bhotekoshi River in the northern Rasuwa district of Nepal, on Thursday.
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