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Archive Disasters 2000-2001


Archive

2002-2003

2000-2001


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Disaster scenario in Nepal, by Lekh Nath Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2001)

Post-monsoon rains cause heavy damage (Rising Nepal, 14/10/2001)

Strategy for disaster mitigation stressed (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2001)

Post-monsoon rain affects life in Eastern Region (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2001)
See also Floods create havoc in East Nepal: Two killed, hundreds rendered homeless (Kathmandu Post, 07/10/2001), Sagarmatha Zone affected due to rains (Rising Nepal, 07/10/2001), Vegetable crops worth Rupees 1.5m destroyed (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001), More than 150 families left homeless in Saptari (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2001)

Woman missing in landslide (Rising Nepal, 30/09/2001)

Are we awaiting another disaster ? by Karishma Amatya (Kathmandu Post, 29/09/2001)

All five of a family killed in landslide (Kathmandu Post, 29/09/2001)

82 families of Khimtang VDC in danger (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2001)

Landslide leaves 150 families homeless (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2001)

Landslide leaves 36 families homeless in Darchula, by Lokendra Bista (Kathmandu Post, 22/09/2001)

Rumble In The Himalayas? by Gyan Rai (Rising Nepal, 20/09/2001)

Villagers suffer as goats get looted (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2001)

Two boys perished in landslide (Kathmandu Post, 18/09/2001)

Landslides continue to block highways, by Birodh Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 15/09/2001)

It’s Never Too Early To Prepare For An Earthquake (Spotlight, 14/09/2001)
Interview with Amod M. Dixit, eneral secretary of National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET-Nepal)

More than 200 houses collapse in Marchawar (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2001)

Earthquake: Advance Shocks, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 07/09/2001)

One man missing, 13 families displaced by landslide (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

Govt yet to clear landslides in Arniko Highway, by Rajeeb Tamrakar (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2001)

Natural disasters claim 364 in 5 months: Report (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2001)

Heavy rains damage roads at various places in Parsa (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2001)

Heavy rainfall scares people in Marchabar (Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2001)

Landslides leave 8 families homeless in Darchula (Kathmandu Post, 03/09/2001)

Two die in landslides (Kathmandu Post, 01/09/2001)

People seek evacuation to safety from Narayani river (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2001)

Landslides damage mule tracks in Rolpa (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2001)

Floods sweep away several houses in Tanahun (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2001)

Landslide claims 8 family members in Parbat (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2001)

Sindhupalchwok landslides affect 200 households (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2001)

Study says major quake ‘overdue’ in the Himalayas (Kathmandu Post, 25/08/2001)
See also Experts call for strict Building Code, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2001)

Landslides, floods claim 8 lives in Sindhupalchwok, by Rishiram Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2001)

Floods, landslides render dozens of families homeless (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2001)

Natural calamities claim five lives in Nuwakot (Kathmandu Post, 22/08/2001)

Nine buried alive in landslide in Gulmi (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2001)

One dead, four injured in Ramechhap landslide (Kathmandu Post, 21/08/2001)

Landslide kills two, buries nine houses (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2001)

Landslide kills six in Kaski (Rising Nepal, 19/08/2001)

House informed of damage caused by calamities (Rising Nepal, 15/08/2001)

3 dead, 17 missing in Okhaldhunga landslide (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001)
See also
People missing in landslide still untraced (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2001), Relatives perform last rites as missing people remain untraced (Kathmandu Post, 13/08/2001), Landslide victims yet untraced (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2001)

Five houses swept away by landslide (Kathmandu Post, 10/08/2001)

Monsoon fury (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2001)

Floods displace 20 houses (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2001)

‘Floods, landslides claimed 174 lives this monsoon’ (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2001)

Rains cause extensive damage in Nawalparasi (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2001)
See also
Floods displace over 135 families in Nawalparasi (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2001)

Floods inundate dozens of villages in Janakpur (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2001)

Monsoon causes havoc across Nepal: Over 300 houses inundated in Kailali (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2001)

Twenty missing in Myagdi landslide, by Ghanashyam Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 30/07/2001)
See also
15 bodies recovered in Myagdi (Kathmandu Post, 31/07/2001)

112 so far killed in natural calamities (Rising Nepal, 21/07/2001)

Powerful quake rattles western and central Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 17/07/2001)
See also Quake damages 20 houses, injures 3 (Kathmandu Post, 18/07/2001)

Disasters, epidemics claim 125 lives in 3 months (Kathmandu Post, 03/07/2001)
See also editorial Provide relief materials (Kathmandu Post, 03/07/2001)

Bio-engineering: An answer to highway landslides, by Ganesh Raj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 02/07/2001)

33 killed in Dhading landslide: Rescue operations underway; toll could climb higher, by Sitaram Prasad Verma (Kathmandu Post, 29/06/2001)

Landslide in Chankhu VDC widens 25 families abandon their homes (Kathmandu Post, 28/06/2001)

12 killed in landslide in Dolakha (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2001)

Landslides: Slithering Menace, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 15/06/2001)

13 killed in Sankhuwasabha landslides (Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2001)

Landslide takes lives and property (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2001)

Flood forecasting framework discussed (Kathmandu Post, 17/05/2001)

With their lives devastated, rural people wait for relief (Kathmandu Post, 15/05/2001)

Drought hits Mahottari (Kathmandu Post, 02/04/2001)

Fires gut over 200 houses, damage millions in property Two children killed, one injured (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2001)

Earthquakes: Tremors Of Concern, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 16/03/2001)

Whereabouts of villagers not known due to snowfall, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2001)

15 trampled to death, 24 hurt in Nawalparasi fire, by Madhav Dhungana & Narayan Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2001)

Quake prediction through animal behaviour, by C B Dahal (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2001)

Natural disasters : Who are at risk and why ? by Alok Rajouria (Kathmandu Post, 10/02/2001)

Fighting Disasters: Of Building Codes, Plans & Practices, by Tej Kumar Karki (Rising Nepal, 04/02/2001)

Quake in Gujarat: Convulsions In Kathmandu, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 02/02/2001)

Alertness needed (Kathmandu Post, 29/01/2001)

Safeguards Against Quake (Rising Nepal, 28/01/2001)

Govt yet to make code mandatory in quake prone Nepal, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 16/01/2001)
See also editorial Need For Preparedness (Rising Nepal, 16/01/2001) and Earthquake Day: Tremors Of Concern (Spotlight, 19/01/2001)

Rapti River threatens Chitwan's Park's Sauraha, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 22/11/2000)

Take GLOF threats seriously (Kathmandu Post, 21/09/2000)

Over two dozen potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 20/09/2000)

Floods, landslide claim 128 lives (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2000)

Landslide hits 251 families (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2000)

Road clearing going on at a ‘war footing’: Naubise- Mugling highway still blocked, by Govinda Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 18/08/2000)

Debris along Prithvi highway cleared (Kathmandu Post, 16/08/2000)

Meet plans flood relief (Rising Nepel, 12/08/2000)

Floods, landslides paralyse life (Kathmandu Post, 12/08/2000)

Crops damage affect farmers (Kathmandu Post, 09(08/2000)

Plight of flood victims in Sarlahi (Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2000)

MPs demand river control plan: ‘Torrential rains cause huge loss’ (Rising Nepal, 08/08/2000)

152 houses swept away by floods in Jhapa (Rising Nepal, 07/08/2000)

68 dists hit by floods, toll at 95, House informed (Rising Nepal, 05(08/2000)

Key highway opened, relief starts (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2000)

Combating Disaster, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 04/08/2000)

Rain claims eight lives nationwide (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2000)

Glaciers melting fast: Alarm bells ring louder, by Sudha Shrestha (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

Rain wrecks havoc nationwide (Kathmandu Post, 03/08/2000)

Incessant rainfall disrupts normal life (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2000)

Village that rehearses disaster safety (Rising Nepal, 28/07/2000)

Havoc down the city drains, by Razen Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 14/07/2000)

Floods toll up 4 more dead, 1 missing (Kathmandu Post, 27/06/2000)

Work to reduce water level in Tsho Rolpa begins (Rising Nepal, 09/06/2000)

Storm causes havoc in E Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2000)

People of Thori worried for safety, by Gopal Devkota (Kathmandu Post, 20/04/2000)

Earthquake and its causes, by Padma Lal Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 10/02/2000)

Earthquake: zero prepared (Spotlight, 21 January 2000)

Quake precautions (The Kathmandu Post, 19 January 2000)
Letter by Dinesh Pant

Teacher claims of developing quake resistant technology (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)

Call to create awareness on earthquakes (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)

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