Jajarkot
quake survivors to get house loan up to Rs 2.5 million
(rep 08/12/2023)
‘Almora
fault’ behind high seismicity in 2023 (ae
08/12/2023)
Over
Rs 200 million contributed to PM’s Disaster Relief Fund
so far (kh 07/12/2023) [This
is nothing compared to what has been urgently needed for
over a month. But the government has rejected
international offers of aid. The politicians themselves
are sitting in the warm and dry.]
Fire
claims lives of two in Biratnagar, 4 injured brought to
Kathmandu by helicopter (kh 07/12/2023), Death
toll in Biratnagar fire reaches three (kh
07/12/2023)
Distribution
of insurance amount to kin of earthquake dead starts in
Jajarkot (rep 06/12/2023)
Earthquake
victims ill-equipped to survive the cold : On Monday,
the mountainous areas of Karnali province saw the first
snow of the season, resulting in extremely cold
conditions in the region, by Mahesh KC (kp
05/12/2023)
Many
quake-hit children yet to rejoin school : Out of 423
schools in Jajarkot, 289 have become uninhabitable or
unsafe, by Tripti Shahi (kp 02/12/2023)
Saving
pregnant women, new mothers, newborns, and elderly a
challenge, Jajarkot health officials say : The home
ministry has deployed experts to the earthquake-hit
Jajarkot and Rukum West districts for clinical mentoring
of survivors, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/12/2023)
Govt
estimates building temporary housing in quake-affected
districts to cost Rs 5 billion (rep 01/12/2023), Earthquake
survivors face severe cold as govt reconstruction lags,
by Laxman Sharma (kh 01/12/2023
Wake-up
Call For Better Preparedness, by Umesh Puri (rn
01/12/2023)
Grant
delay leaves earthquake victims out in the cold :
Distribution of housing grants remains stalled after
data on losses submitted by local authorities in
Jajarkot and West Rukum is found to be inaccurate,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 30/11/2023), Congress
urges government to provide cash relief to quake-hit
families at one go : The work plan drafted by the
government states that the affected families will
receive Rs25,000 at first and the remaining amount after
they start rebuilding houses (kp 30/11/2023), Political
grandstanding takes center stage in quake-ravaged
Jajarkot and Rukum West, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
30/11/2023)
Winter
Tragedy in Jajarkot: Three-year-old succumbs to
pneumonia, sheltering under tarpaulin after earthquake
(kh 30/11/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Bajhang (kh 29/11/2023)
Govt
to deploy security personnel for reconstruction in
Jajarkot (kh 29/11/2023)
NA
panel points out lack of coordination among three tiers
of govt in quake-hit zone (kh 28/11/2023) [Obviously,
Nepal still has no emergency plans, even though severe
earthquakes can be expected every day!]
Mild
earthquake shakes Kathmandu Valley (kh 28/11/2023)
Earthquakes
and Dalit victims : Natural disasters tend to hurt
minorities and poorer sections of society more, by
Mitra Pariyar (kp 28/11/2023)
Jajarkot
Earthquake: Over 1,000 new mothers struggle in harsh
conditions under Tarpaulins (kh 28/11/2023)
Early
morning blaze in Dhulikhel consumes property worth Rs
900,000, Fire under control (kh 28/11/2023)
Debunking
myths: Stone masonry and the truth about
earthquake-resistant design : Understanding the cultural
and historical relevance of stone masonry buildings
requires putting to rest illusions about stone
construction and earthquake resistance, by Sushma
Aryal and Subash Bhattarai (nlt 27/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake survivor succumbs to cold (kh
27/11/2023), Seven
families receive monetary aid (rn 27/11/2023) [Wow!?]
Fire
kills four in Bardiya (kh 25/11/2023)
Jajarkot
Earthquake: Provincial government to build government
and public structures destroyed by recent earthquake
(rep 25/11/2023)
Quake-hit
families of migrant workers struggle for survival :
Migrant workers from quake-affected areas in Jajarkot
have not been able to return to India to earn money
pushing them into dire financial straits, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 25/11/2023)
Schools
struggle to reopen in Barekot, Epicenter of Jajarkot
Earthquake (kh 24/11/2023)
Learning
from Jajarkot what we didn't after 2015 : Every
earthquake throws up lessons so we can be better
prepared next time. This month's quake is another chance,
by Sushil Gyewali (nt 24/11/2023)
Kathmandu
witnesses midnight tremor (kh 23/11/2023)
Health
ministry seeks food aid from WFP and UNICEF for
distribution in quake-hit districts : Officials warn of
high risk of malnutrition among children under five, new
mothers and pregnant women in the affected areas (kp
23/11/2023)
Earthquake-hit
Salyan schools running classes out in the cold : Schools
still not priority for local authorities as they are
busy caring for displaced people, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 23/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake destroys 54 police offices in Karnali
Province (kh 23/11/2023)
Cold-related
ailments have claimed several lives in Jajarkot after
the November 3 earthquake : Thousands of people
including many new mothers have been forced to take
shelter under makeshift plastic tents amid the growing
winter cold, by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/11/2023)
Ministry
sees no legal difficulty in redirecting pork barrel fund
for quake victims : In August, the Supreme Court had
halted the implementation of the controversial programme
(kp 21/11/2023) [Perhaps the
government should enquire in Germany: There, a similar
procedure has just been ruled undemocratic and
unconstitutional by the supreme court.]
Experts
recommend relocation of Jajarkot settlements, by
Bhuwan Sharma (rep 21/11/2023)
Quake
survivor’s family loses infant to pneumonia (kh
21/11/2023)
Two
weeks on, earthquake-displaced people are shivering
under flimsy tents : Various health complications
triggered by cold are stalking the camps of the
displaced, by Tripti Shahi (kp 20/11/2023), Out
in the cold : Authorities must act fast to avoid more
deaths and hardship in the quake-affected areas (kp
21/11/2023)
Govt
disburses Rs 1.41 billion for temporary housing of
earthquake victims (kh 20/11/2023)
Preparation
on for resuming school operations in quake-affected
areas after constructing temporary structures (rep
20/11/20203)
Work
On Reconstruction Roadmap, by Ballav Dahal (rn
20/11/2023)
First
installment of temporary housing grant released (rn
20/11/2023)
Aftershock
jolts Bajhang (kh 20/11/2023)
Cold
claims 3 more lives among earthquake victims in Jajarkot
: Death toll reaches 10 (kh 19/11/2023)
Tremors
of earthquake measuring 4.3 Richter scale felt in Rukum
East (rep 19/11/2023)
Integrated
Settlements, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn 19/11/2023)
Nepal's
Preparedness On Disaster Mitigation, by Shyam P
Lohani (rn 19/11/2023)
Patchy
relief: Lessons from Jajarkot : The question is how
quickly and effectively emergency support reaches those
in need, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 19/11/2023)
Govt
collects Rs 152.80 million to help Jajarkot earthquake
victims while those sufferring struggle to get relief
(rep 18/11/2023)
Cold
taking its toll on quake-displaced in Karnali :
Children, new mothers, elderly people and patients of
chronic illnesses are the hardest hit. Five displaced
persons died in Jajarkot over past eight days, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam,. Mahesh KC and Biplab Maharjan (kp
18/11/2023)
Fire
destroys hospital, shops in Dhangadhi (kh
18/11/2023), Fire
in Dhangadhi damages property worth nearly Rs 180
million (rep 18/11/2023)
Playing
with fire : As local units are short of firefighting
equipment, we are at a perennial risk of loss of life
and property (kp 17/11/2023)
Cold
claims two quake-affected persons in Jajarkot (rn
17/11/2023)
Quake-affected
lighten mood by observing Tihar under open sky (kh
14/11/2023)
Relief
for the resourceful : At least the most egregious misuse
of relief material must be probed and the guilty
punished (kp 13/11/2023)
No
new entity needed for reconstruction : One year is not
enough. We need at least two years to rebuild damaged
structures, interview with Thira Lal Bhusal (kp
13/11/2023
Govt
decides to allocate Rs 8.25 billion from MP Development
Fund for post-earthquake rehabilitation and
reconstruction (rep 13/11/2023)
Fire
guts property worth Rs 2.5 million in Khotang (kh
13/11/2023)
Fire
in Inaruwa market cause over Rs 5 million in damages
(kh 13/11/2023)
Bhojpur
fire guts properties worth Rs 2.6 million (kh
13/11/2023)
Why
Jajarkot earthquake is just a warning sign : As tectonic
pressure builds, quakes are unavoidable. More dangerous
are poor structures and unpreparedness, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 12/11/2023)
Government
to provide Rs50,000 per family to construct temporary
shelters : The November 3 earthquake damaged around
8,000 houses—both public and private—besides killing at
least 154 people in Jajarkot and Rukum West districts in
western Nepal (kp 12/11/2023)
Rukum
West receives 2,632 tents for earthquake survivors
(kh 12/11/2023)
Two
earthquake victims succumb to adverse weather conditions
(kh 11/11/2023)
Desperate
Jajarkot quake survivors await relief materials (kh
11/11/2023),
Jajarkot quake victims crying for relief materials
(rep 11/11/2023)
60
percent of earthquake victims receive relief materials
(kh 11/11/2023) [Says the
government.]
PM
Disaster Relief Fund receives a contribution of Rs 130
million (kh 11/11/2023)
Livestock
worth Rs 19 million lost due to Jajarkot earthquake
(rep 11/11/2023)
Seismologists
install equipment, collect data from affected areas to
study quakes : Scientists from Nepal Academy of Science
and Technology and National Earthquake Monitoring and
Research Centre visited Jajarkot on the third day of the
disaster, by Ganga BC (kp 11/11/2023)
Survivors
of last month’s Bajhang earthquake are still living in
tents : Around 35 homes in Kuchgaun of Thalara in the
district were destroyed in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on
October 3. The displaced say the government has provided
no help, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 10/11/2023) [Statements by politicians are smoke
and mirrors! They never stick to what they say
afterwards!]
Expert
panel urges government to launch immunisation drive in
earthquake-hit districts : Health ministry officials say
children in the districts will be given an additional
dose each of measles-rubella and polio vaccines, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 10/11/20023)
NHRC
urges to make relief distribution operation more
effective (kh 10/11/2023)
Temporary
earthquake monitoring station set up in Bajhang
following Jajarkot earthquake (rep 10/11/2023)
Jajarkot
quake: Over 4,000 houses completely destroyed in
Aathbiskot alone (rep 10/11/2023)
Earthquake
causes damage to 61 schools in Rukum West (kh
10/11/2023)
Shaking
things up : The Jajarkot earthquake could be a dress
rehearsal for an even bigger disaster in the near future
(nt 10/11/2023)
Jajarkot
Earthquake : Wakeup Call (sp 10/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake: Disaster brings daughters' deaths, dashes
family's dream (rep 10/11/2023)
First
int’l conference on disaster preparedness, and
management to take place on December 1-3 (kh
10/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake raises concerns about poorly built houses :
Many local governments have yet to implement the
National Building Code to ensure structural safety of
buildings, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/11/2023)
Earthquake-displaced
are falling sick due to poor living conditions and cold
: Drinking water is a big concern. They complain that
the relief materials provided by the government are not
enough, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 09/11/2023)
Earthquake
in Jajarkot causes damage to 89 houses in Arghakhanchi
(rep 09/11/2023)
Over
80 children killed in quake (ae 08/11/2023)
Jajarkot:
Lessons learnt and not : The government must discourage
disaster tourism for domestic and international
do-gooders, by CK Lal (kp 08/11/2023)
Jajarkot
quake: 9,700 houses destroyed; 67,000 people displaced
(kh 08/11/2023)
Jajarkot
experiences 466 aftershocks till Wednesday morning
(rep 08/11/2023)
Experts
warn of mental health problems in quake-hit areas :
Study showed 34 percent rise in anxiety, 20 percent jump
in alcohol use and 11 percent increase in suicidal
thoughts, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/11/2023)
State
of unpreparedness : The Jajarkot quake proved the
rationale of federalism with generously devolved power
to local governments, by Achyut Wagle (kp
07/11/2023)
State
failing thousands of quake survivors (ae
07/11/2023), Earthquake
victims living difficult life under makeshift tarpaulin
sheets (ht 07/11/2023)
1.3m
exposed to earthquake: UN (ae 07/11/2023)
Aid
dispersal begins in quake-hit areas : But victims in
several far-flung villages away from roads are yet to
receive any assistance, by Harihar Singh Rathore (kp
07/11/2023), Quake
victims tell president they are yet to get relief,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 07/11/2023)
Preparedness,
Prompt Response Crucial, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
07/11/2023)
Government
mulls two approaches for quake reconstruction : The
options include amending existing laws, policies related
to reconstruction, or setting up a new body, by Anil
Giri (kp 07/11/2023)
Jajarkot
and Rukum West earthquake kills more than 80 children
with another 5,000 left homeless in freezing conditions
(nlt 07/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: 35,000 families left homeless (kh
07/11/2023), Earthquake
jolts Bajura (kh 07/11/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Jajarkot again (kh 0611/2023)
Karnali
provincial government continues search, rescue and
relief efforts (rep 06/11/2023)
Jajarkot-earthquake
claims lives of numerous Children: Nearly half the
victims were children (kh 06/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake update: 16,570 houses completely damaged in Rukum
West (kh 06/11/2023)
Tremors
of earthquake measuring 3.4 Richter scale felt near
Ramidanda this morning (rep 06/11/2023)
Quake
survivors await aid amid essential shortages : ‘It’s
unbearably cold outside and none of us had any sleep
since Friday night,’ says a resident of Chiuritol in
Jajarkot, by Krishna Prasad Gautam, Mahesh KC and
Biplab Maharjan (kp 06/11/2023), After
the quake : The problem is not a paucity of
relief material but quickly getting them to all
the places they are needed (kp 06/11/2023),
Preventing
disease outbreaks a challenge in the quake’s wake : At
least 157 people died, hundreds were injured and
thousands displaced in the M6.4 earthquake that rocked
Jajarkot and West Rukum of Karnali Province on Friday
night, by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/11/2023)
Experts
blame government neglect for higher losses in ‘moderate’
Jajarkot earthquake : Had we worked towards improving
the buildings by learning from past earthquakes, the
extent of loss could have been reduced, says
seismologist, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/11/2023), Prioritise
Quake Safety Measures, by Ballav Dahal (rn
06/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake: Over 1,000 houses completely damaged (kh
06/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: 157 bodies handed over to families (kh
06/11/2023), Friday’s
quake damaged around 8,000 houses in Jajarkot and Rukum
West : As per the home ministry’s initial estimates,
around 3,000 houses were fully and 5,000 were partially
damaged, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: 78 among the dead are children (rep
06/11/2023)
NA
Committee seeks total utilization of State’s resources
in response to quake (kh 06/11/2023)
Earthquake
wreaks havoc in Jajarkot, Rukum West : As of Saturday
night, 157 were confirmed killed and 375 injured in the
quake with the epicentre at Barekot Rural Municipality
of Jajarkot, by Krishna Prasad Gautam and Mahesh KC
(kp 05/11/2023), Seismological
team carrying out research on earthquake in Jajarkot
(kh 05/11/2023), Govt
to provide Rs 2 lakh each as immediate relief for
Jajarkot earthquake victims’ families (kh
05/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: Rescue work in the final stage (kh
05/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: 3,770 houses damaged (kh 05/11/2023), Miraculous
survival at the epicentre : No human deaths even as
1,000 of the 3,500 houses were badly damaged in Barekot,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/11/2023), Government
in no rush to seek foreign help for quake relief : Amid
offers from various countries, Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal says the Cabinet will decide on the matter
today (kp 05/11/2023), Thousands
of security personnel mobilised in search and rescue
efforts : They have also medevaced the seriously injured
to the urban centres (kp 05/11/2023), Govt
to make integrated action plan to build quake-resistant
houses for victims within one year (rep 05/11/2023),
Construction
of temporary housing begins in earthquake-affected
Jajarkot (rep 05/11/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake update: Death toll climbs to 154 (kh
04/11/2023), Jajarkot
earthquake: Dozens of buildings damaged (In pics)
(kh 04/11/2023), Government
instructs airlines to prioritize Rukum for relief
efforts (kh 04/11/2023), Sky
truck of Nepal Army diverts to Surkhet without landing
at Chaurjahari (rep 04/11/2023), PM
Dahal returns to Surkhet with seven people injured in
earthquake (rep 04/11/2023), 159
aftershocks recorded following Jajarkot earthquake
(rep 04/11/2023), Karnali
Province govt engages with rescue operation via air,
land routes (kh 04/11/2023), 133
dead and 185 injured in Jajarkot Earthquake (kh
04/11/2023), Govt
decides to provide Rs 50 million each to Jajarkot and
Rukum Paschim districts (kh 04/11/2023), Government
releases Rs100 million for search and rescue operations
in Jajarkot, West Rukum (kh 04/11/2023), Jajarkot
Earthquake Update: Death toll reaches 157 (kh
04/11/2023)
NRCS
to help construct 250 temporary shelters for earthquake
victims in Sudurpaschim (kh 30/10/2023)
Natural
disasters prompt mass exodus from villages : Many
settlements in Baglung district in western Nepal have
been grappling with outmigration after recurring
landslides and floods in recent years, by Prakash
Baral (kp 30/10/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Kathmandu (kh 22/10/2023), 6.1
magnitude earthquake jolts Kathmandu Valley : National
Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre records tremor
at 7:39 am, Four
earthquakes hit Dhading (kp 22/102023), Dhading
CDO reports landslides and fallen trees following
earthquake (rep 22/10/2023), An
aftershock of the Gorkha earthquake, not a new event:
Seismologist Bhattarai (rep 22/10/2023), Earthquake
completely destroys 20 houses and damages 75 other
houses in Dhading (rep 22/10/2023),
Multiple
earthquakes shake Kathmandu and surrounding areas on
Sunday (kh 22/10/2023)
Bajhang
shaken by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake (kh 19/10/2023)
Falsehood
follows floods and landslides in Nepal (kh
18/10/2023)
92
people killed in natural disaster incidents during this
monsoon (rep 17/10/2023)
Earthquake
with magnitude 4.8 jolts Sudurpaschim (kh
16/10/2023)
Early
warning for all cannot come soon enough for the Hindu
Kush Himalaya : The science shows that our region is a
hotspot for risks. So, while we count the costs of
events this monsoon, the onus is on all of us to make
good on the ambition to make early warning for all a
reality, by Pema Gyamtsho (nlt 13/10/2023)
Bajhang
hit by another earthquake (kh 12/10/2023)
The
Bajhang earthquake: Indicator of much worse to come?
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 10/10/2023)
Massive
fire engulfs Janakpur Big Mart (kh 08/10/2023)
Bajhang
hit by another earthquake: Magnitude 5.3 aftershock
rocks region (kh 07/10/2023), Aftershocks
persist in Bajhang following recent earthquake (rep
07/10/2023), Bajhang
records 15 tremors in four days (rn 07/10/2023)
Sikkim’s
warning to Nepal : This week’s disaster is proof, if
proof is still needed, that infrastructure on Himalayan
rivers are in peril from climate breakdown (nt
06/10/2023)
Earthquakes
jolt Bajhang yet again (kh 06/10/2023)
PM
Dahal announces Rs 50,000 relief for Bajhang Earthquake
victims (kh 06/10/2023)
Bajhang
earthquake update: One killed, 135 houses destroyed
(kh 04/10/2023)
Earthquake
tremors felt twice in Sudurpaschim (rep 03/10/2023),
Bajhang
earthquakes in pictures (nlt 03/10/2023), Bajhang
Earthquake Update: Woman goes missing, 13 injured
(kh 03/10/2023)
Floods
and landslides claim 61 lives this year (kh
02/10/2023)
Water
sources are disappearing at an alarming rate, by
Nitu Ghale (ae 29/09/2023)
Fire
guts eight houses in Gamgadhi (kh 23/09/2023)
104
killed in landslides, floods and lightning this monsoon
: At least 29 people are reported missing and 6,083
families have been affected by disaster-related
incidents (kp 21/09/2023)
Gaps
in DRRM funding and institutional setup may hinder
localization and policies: Study (kh 19/09/2023)
Lightning
strike claims life of teen in Dailekh, eight injured
(kh 19/09/2023)
Learning
From Morocco's Earthquake, by Umesh Puri (rn
17/09/2023)
Floods
take toll on Baraha Pokhari Lake (ae 15/09/2023)
Another
cruel reminder : The 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Morocco
makes Nepalis mindful of their own vulnerability (kp
13/09/2023)
Despite
enough funds in Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund,
victims struggle to access aid, by Govinda Luitel
(rep 01/09/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Bhojpur (kh 01/09/2023)
Monsoon-triggered
incidences result in 73 casualties (kh 31/08/2023)
Helambu
appeals for disaster relief support (kh 27/08/2023)
Kagbeni
flood damages property worth over Rs 1 billion (rep
27/08/2023)
Rain-triggered
landslide destroys two houses in Baglung : 12 houses in
the locality are at risk (kh 26/08/2023)
They
were struck by earthquakes in 2015, now the ground
beneath them is crumbling : Residents of Khanigaun in
Gorkha district have left their newly built homes after
the landmass developed cracks and rains caused soil
erosion, by Hariram Upreti (kp 26/08/2023)
Alert
issued as water level surges in Saptakosi River (kh
25/08/2023)
Flooding
and landslides block 7 major highways (kh
24/08/2023)
Life
in Bhojpur village affected after flood washes away
bridge (kh 23/08/2023)
Current
mechanisms failing against climate challenges :
Continuation of a reactive approach such as providing
relief after a disaster is unhelpful, experts say,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/08/2023)
Revisiting
Water-Induced Disasters, by Dipak Gyawali (sp
18/08/2023)
Battling
the peril of urban flooding: A glimpse into Kathmandu
valley’s struggle : The tempest of urban flooding that
assails Kathmandu Valley beckons for resolution,
demanding a swift, unyielding response, by Gaurab
Baral (nlt 18/08/2023)
Poor
urban planning and floods : Adaptive planning of green
and grey infrastructure can enhance urban resilience to
extreme rainfall and flooding, by Sanjib Sharma (kp
18/08/2023)
Earthquake
felt in Bajura (kh 18/08/2023)
Mahakali
river inflicts perpetual fear on Kutiyakbhar residents :
The settlement of 42 families suffers inundation
regularly during the monsoon, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
17/08/2023)
Landslide
destroys school building in Parbat (kh 16/08/2023)
Kagbeni
flood displaces scores of people in Mustang : The
disaster occurred after the Kag river, dammed by a
landslide, burst, flooding the lower reaches on Sunday,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 15/08/2023), What
caused the unprecedented flood in Mustang?, by Shree
Ram Subedi (rep 15/08/2023)
Mustang
floods sweep away 10 houses, police post and bridge
(kh 14/08/2023)
Narayani
River’s water level still beyond danger mark (kh
14/08/2023)
Koshi
Barrage: All 56 sluices opened as water levels surge
(kh 14/08/2023)
Three
missing in Babai floods, scores displaced : In the
districts of the Koshi Province, floods and landslides
have obstructed several road sections bringing vehicular
movement to a halt, by Kamal Panthi, Binod Bhandari
& Jitendra Shah (kp 14/08/2023)
Flood
risks rise in Karnali, high alert issued for locals :
People have been urged to keep their documents safe, and
ensure safety of expectant mothers, senior citizens and
the people with disabilities (nlt 13/08/2023), Karnali
flood risk escalates, high alert issued for locals
(kh 13/08/2023)
All
short roads from Hetauda to Kathmandu obstructed
(nlt 13/08/2023)
Floods
cause displacement in Kanchanpur and Kailali : Families
in Kanchanpur who fled their waterlogged homes on
Tuesday night have not been able to return as
floodwaters have not receded yet, by Bhawani Bhatta
and Arjun Shah (kp 11/08/2023)
Floods,
landslides affect daily life (With Photos) : Around 40
people have died and nearly as many are missing in
monsoon-related disasters this year, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 09/08/2023)
Fire
guts properties worth Rs 30 million at plastic industry
in Biratnagar, by Chuman Basnet (rep 09/08/2023)
Two
killed in Sarlahi flooding; 72 rescued (nlt
09/08/2023)
One
dead, five missing after landslide washes away house in
Makawanpur : Security personnel assisted by local
residents are searching for the missing, by Pratap
Bista and Kumar Karki (kp 09/08/2023)
Continuous
rainfall inundates several areas of Kathmandu : Police
rescue 17 people trapped in flood in various areas of
the Valley (nlt 08/08/2023), Monsoon
rains are a nightmare for the Valley’s squatters :
Incessant rains on Monday night inundated many places in
the Kathmandu valley. The floods injured two and as many
as 33 had to be rescued, police said, by Anup Ojha
(kp 09/08/2023)
Understanding
urban floods : We are at a stage where devastating
floods could radically change Kathmandu’s well-being,
by Anustha Shrestha (kp 08/08/2023)
Saptakoshi
crosses danger level, 24 floodgates open (rep
08/08/2023)
Father
and daughter die in Tarakeshwar landslide (kh
06/08/2023)
Monsoon
tragedy claims lives of 35, affects thousands (kh
06/08/2023)
17
Nepali reported missing in Uttarakhand, India landslides
(kh 04/08/2023), Landslide
in Gaurikund, India, ruins Nepalis’ dream of earning a
living : Foreign Minister NP Saud has requested the
chief minister of Uttarakhand to rescue Nepalis missing
in the disaster, by Tularam Pandey and DB Budha (kp
06/08/2023)
Dolakha
landslide kills child, three go missing (kh
04/08/2023), Two
dead, two missing in Dolakha landslides : Wards 7 and 8
of Gaurishankar Rural Municipality were hit by
landslides on Thursday night. 62 goats and one buffalo
died in Khare village, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp
05/08/2023)
Enable
Local Levels To Manage Disasters, by Sangita Subedi
(rn 04/08/2023)
Floods
and landslides damage properties worth millions of
rupees in Humla district : Disasters in Karnali Province
have swept away around half a dozen bridges and
inundated paddy fields of nearly 100 farmers, by
Janak Bahadur Shahi and Jyotee Katuwal (kp 30/07/2023)
Two
settlements in Humla at high risk of flood, landslide
(rep 30/07/2023)
Kutiyakabar
locals in constant fear of being swept by swollen
Mahakali, Jogbudha rivers (kh 30/07/2023)
Landslide
displaces 13 families (kh 29/07/2023)
228
drown in Dang in five years (rep 26/07/2023)
Normal
life affected as floods, landslides damage roads in
Bhojpur (kh 26/07/2023)
Kathmandu’s
derelict and dangerous drainage systems : Sajan Ale
Magar, 13, swept away in a flash flood on Sunday, is
missing. Security agencies, residents carry on with
search, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/07/2023)
danger
level (kh 25/07/2023)
Landslide
leaves two dead, three injured in Baitadi (kh
24/07/2023)
At
least 30 reported dead in monsoon disasters, 31 from
thunderbolts : At least 25 people are reported missing
and 1,072 families have been affected by
disaster-related incidents (kp 18/07/2023)
MoHA
to address problems concerning river corridor
settlements (kh 18/07/2023)
64
houses at Taplejung’s Odak to be evacuated (kh
16/07/2023)
Effective
measures needed to tackle growing incidents of landslide
: Experts (rep 13/07/2023)
Red
alert issued to mark danger as water level of Saptakoshi
River rises (rep 13/07/2023)
3,700
houses at high risk of monsoon-induced disaster (kh
13/07/2023)
4.6
magnitude quake jolts Humla (kh 13/07/2023)
25
die, 18 injured in monsoon-induced floods, landslides so
far (kh 11/07/2023)
3.8
Richter scale earthquake jolts Sindhupalchok (kh
10/07/2023)
419
people lose lives to lightning strikes in five years
(rn 10/07/2023)
Dhauliganga
hydroelectric project's dam to be opned : People
residing in Mahakali riverside asked to adopt cautions
(rn 08/07/2023)
Monsoon
affects 64 districts with 34 casualties (kh
08/07/2023)
Unprepared,
as always : ‘Daivi prakop’ is too naïve and fatalistic
to denote disasters often resulting from anthropogenic
causes (kp 06/07/2023)
Landslide
displaces two families in Kaski (rep 06/07/2023)
19
killed, 25 missing in landslides, floods (ht
06/07/2023)
Water
level in Koshi and Tinau rivers at danger level (kh
05/07/2023)
162
fire incidents reported in KMC till mid-June of current
FY (rep 05/07/2023)
Three
children die in Arghakhanchi landslide : The landslide
occurred at 6:30 am, engulfing a house located in Panena
of Panini Rural Municipality-1 (nlt 04/07/2023)
Tinau
river flood: High alertness warranted (kh
04/07/2023)
Rainfall
likely to affect road and air transport, tourism :
People urged to take precautions (kh 04/07/2023)
Monsoon
disasters hit life in several districts : The western
parts of the country have been put on high alert as
rainfall causes water levels to rise at an alarming rate
(kp 02/07/2023)
Flood-displaced
people living in shelters in Sindhupalchok gripped by
monsoon worries : Massive flooding of the Melamchi and
Indrawati rivers two years ago displaced more than 500
families, by Anish Tiwari (kp 28/06/2023)
Monsoon
havoc : Rehabilitating displaced people should also be a
government priority (ht 26/06/2023)
Last
week flood hit 30 hydropower projects (ae
26/06/2023)
Tackling
Inundation in Terai, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep
25/05/2023)
Several
settlements in Taplejung under constant threat of
disaster : Relocation of the families in the
disaster-prone areas is of major concern, say local unit
officials, by Ananda Gautam (kp 25/06/2023)
Lightning
kills one in Kaski (rep 25/06/2023)
Flood
and landslide damage 31 houses in Sindhuli (rep
24/06/2023)
119
families affected by natural disaster in Panchthar
(kh 24/06/2023)
Lightning
kills two in Dang
Lightning
struck 45 sheep dead in Myagdi (kh 24/06/2023)
Monsoon-induced
floods and landslides likely in these areas today
(kh 24/06/2023)
Three
of a single family die in Okhaldhunga landslide (nlt
23/06/2023), Okhaldhunga
landslide death toll reaches four (rep 23/06/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Lamjung (kh 23/06/2023)
13
die, 26 missing in monsoon-induced floods, landslides so
far (kh 22/06/2023)
Kalinchok
locals live in fear of landslides every monsoon : Around
400 families are at risk. Residents are worried about
safety as monsoon landslides have become more frequent
over the last few years, by Kedar Shiwakoti (kp
22/06/2023)
Old
monsoon tale : Managing disaster begins locally. Federal
and provincial governments must equip local bodies
(kp 21/06/2023)
Relief
materials dispatched to flood-hit Taplejung (kh
21/06/2023)
Continued
rain hampers rescue efforts in east Nepal : As many as
27 people are still missing in separate incidents of
floods and landslides in Sankhuwasabha, Panchthar and
Taplejung, by Dipendra Shakya, Ananda Gautam and
Laxmi Gautam (kp 20/06/2023), 10
dead, 26 missing in recent landslides and floods
(rep 20/06/2023)
Rain
wracks havoc : All levels of govt must form separate
bodies to deal with the natural disasters (ht
20/06/2023)
Earthquake
in Darchula (nlt 20/06/2023)
Landslide,
floods disaster update: six killed, 29 go missing
(kh 19/06/2023)
Father
and son killed in landslide in Taplejung (kh
19/06/2023), Three
still missing in Taplejung landslide (kh
20/06/2023), Flood-stricken
Taplejung village shrouded by darkness after flood
damages 7 micro hydro power stations (kh 20/06/2023)
Flood
damages water lift project in Sankhuwasabha (kh
19/06/2023)
NA
chopper rescues 12 trapped in landslide (kh
19/06/2023)
Twenty-two
people still missing in Sankhuwasabha floods (kh
19/06/2023), Koshi
govt announces Rs 100,000 as immediate relief to
families of people killed in floods, landslides (kh
19/06/2023), PM
Dahal off to inspect flood, and landslide-hit districts
(kh 19/06/2023)
5
dead, 28 missing in floods and landslides in Koshi hill
districts : Rain-fed rivers have damaged power projects,
swept away bridges and roads in Sankhuwasabha,
Panchthar, Taplejung, by Dipendra Shakya, Laxmi
Gautam and Ananda Gautam (kp 19/06/2023)
Four
persons missing in Taplejung landslides (nlt
18/06/2023), Five
missing in Panchthar flood; Mechi Highway disrupted
(kh 18/06/2023), Sankhuwasabha
floods: 16 missing, three rescued (kh 18/06/2023), PM
Dahal directs immediate search and rescue operation for
missing individuals in devastating floods, landslides
(kh 18/06/2023) [This should be
self-evident and not require any special instruction
from the PM!], Taplejung
Landslide: Body of one person recovered, three others
still missing, by Khagendra Adhikari (rep
18/06/2023), 17
labourers missing in Hewakhola flooding (rn
18/06/2023), Sankhuwasabha
flood updates: two rescued, 15 still missing (rn
18/06/2023)
Around
7,636 Nepali Army personnel stands prepared for disaster
management (kh 16/06/2023)
Disaster
Fund has Rs 6 billion in deposit (kh 16/06/2023)
Arun
River poses threat to nearby settlements (rn
15/06/2023)
Monsoon-induced
disasters likely to affect approximately 1.25 million
people this year (kh 12/06/2023)
Tremor
jolts Bajura (kh 12/06/2023)
Frequent
landslides along Lokpa Bhir trail put Chumnubri locals
at risk : Local residents suffer especially during the
monsoon season when the trail becomes unusable. Local
tourism is also affected, by Hariram Upreti (kp
09/06/2023)
For
destruction, ice is also great and will suffice :
Increased risk of glacial lake outburst floods threatens
lives and mega projects in the Himalaya, by Sonia
Awale (nt 02/06/2023)
Monsoon’s
here: Are we prepared? More needs to be done to enable
the government and humanitarian agencies to support the
people at risk, by Rakesh Kumar Shah (kp 31/05/2023)
Nepal’s
reactive approach to dealing with disasters : Among the
most common are landslides, thunder strikes, flooding
and outbreaks of water-borne and vector-borne diseases,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 28/05/2023)
Tremors
felt in Sindhupalchowk (rep 28/05/2023)
Eastern
hill districts are ill-equipped to fight growing fire
incidents : Of the eight local units in Panchthar
district, only Phidim Municipality has fire trucks,
which also serve neighbouring districts, by Laxmi
Gautam (kp 26/05/2023)
Earthquake
shakes Bajhang (nlt 24/05/2023)
Lack
of preparedness exposes vulnerability to monsoon
disasters, by BP Aryal (ae 23/05/2023)
Earthquake
recorded in East Rukum (kh 21/05/2023)
Sindhupalchok
settlements at risk of landslides : At least 30 families
from Ghumthang and Bhotang have been living in fear of
floods and landslides caused by the erosion of the
Ghueay stream, by Anish Tiwari (kp 21/05/2023)
Hailstorm
damages crops in Bajura (kh 21/05/2023)
More
pre-monsoon forest fires in Nepal : Government inaction,
legal ambiguity, climate change and disregard for
traditional knowledge increase wildfire risk, by
Raju Jhallu Prasad and Sujan Khanal (nt 19/05/2023)
Thunderstruck
in Nepal : Climate change and increased human activity
make lightning strikes even more deadly, by Shristi
Karki (nt 19/05/2023)
Step
Up Preparedness Against Disaster, by Lok Deep Thapa
(rn 19/05/2023)
New
fire risk system rolled out as forest fires up by 76.7
percent in Nepal : The fire outlook module provides a
reliable and accurate nationwide assessment of potential
fire dangers (nlt 16/05/2023)
Lightning
and thunderstorm kill five, injure 43 in a month (kh
16/05/2023)
Property
worth 22.9 million gutted in fire (kh 16/05/2023)
621
cases of fire with 16 casualties reported in one month
(kh 14/05/2023)
4.3
magnitude earthquake hits Bajura (kh 11/05/2023)
8
houses gutted in Udayapur fire (ae 11/05/2023)
Arghakhanchi
fire update: Three persons succumb to burn injuries
(kh 10/05/2023), Arghakhanchi
fire updates: one more succumbs to burn injuries
(rep 10/05/2023), 4
succumb to forest fire injuries : On Tuesday, a fire had
broken out in a forest on the banks of the Tirtire River
in Bhumikasthan Ward 2. The locals who tried to douse
the fire sustained serious injuries, said police, by
Birendra KC (kp 11/05/2023)
Catastrophic
Effects of Uncontrolled Forest Fires, by Pratik
Bhattarai (rep 09/05/2023)
Three
persons killed in Mugu avalanche (kh 07/05/2023), Yarsagumba
pickers hit by avalanche in Mugu : One dead, two are
missing in the incident at Chyarkhulek, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi and DB Budha (kp 08/05/2023), Mugu
avalanche update: Snowfall obstructs rescue team from
reaching avalanche site (kh 12/05/2023)
Tremor
felt in Bajura (kh 04/05/2023)
Avalanche
buries Yarsagumba pickers' tents in Byas Municipality of
Darchula (ht 03/05/2023), Darchula
avalanche: Three bodies including two of women found
(ae 03/05/2023), Search
continues for two missing in Darchula avalanche (kh
04/05/2023), Darchula
avalanche: One more body retrieved (ae 08/05/2023)
Wildfires
destroy 2,000 hectares of forest in Gulmi in less than
two months (kh 03/05/2023)
Lightning
kills a woman in Okhaldhunga (rep 30/04/2023), Lightning
strikes claim lives in east Nepal every year : Two
persons died in lightning incidents in the past three
weeks, according to the District Police Office,
Taplejung, by Ananda Gautam (kp 02/05/2023)
Wildfires
taking toll across country; authorities sound alert,
by Bharat KC (rn 29/04/2023)
Twin
earthquakes hit Nepal’s Bajura district (kh
28/04/2023), Earthquake
damages 23 houses in Bajura (kh 28/04/2023), Tremors
of earthquake felt repeatedly in Bajura district last
night (rep 28/04/2023)
Building
resilience against disasters : As a disaster-prone
country, it is essential for Nepal to prepare for future
disasters, by Kikuta Yutaka (kp 25/04/2023)
istricts
of Lumbini province are caught unprepared by wildfires
every year : Lack of coordination and shifting of the
blame between authorities have resulted in a slipshod
approach to wildfires, by Madhab Aryal (kp
25/04/2023)
Property
worth millions destroyed in Sindhuli fire (ae
24/04/2023)
Bushfires
destroy around 450 hectares of forest area in Baglung
(kh 22/04/2023)
Fire
guts property worth Rs 10 million in Tokha (kh
22/04/2023)
13-year-old
boy dies of burn injuries in Gulmi (kh 21/04/2023),
One more dies in Gulmi forest fire (kh 22/04/2023)
10
houses destroyed in fire in Banke (kh 20/04/2023
Fire
guts two houses, four sheds in Syangja (rn
19/04/2023)
Sindhupalchok
locals benefit from disaster management training :
Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality initiated training for
local residents wherein they were given lessons on
safety, first aid, search and rescue operations and
post-disaster risk management, by Anish Tiwari (kp
17/04/2023)
Cash-strapped
local units look helplessly as fire season arrives : A
majority of local units in Rautahat are not equipped to
deal with fire incidents since most of them do not have
fire brigades or fire trucks, by Shiva Puri (kp
14/04/2023)
Wildfires
lead to atmospheric hazards in various places (rep
13/04/2023)
Sindhupalchowk
flood victim families to get land (kh 07/04/2023)
Lamjung
records earthquake on Saturday morning (kh 01/04/2023)
Earthquake
tremors felt in Dolakha (rep 01/04/2023)
Tremor
felt in Taplejung (kh 29/03/2023)
Migration
evacuating villages in Jaimini (rn 29/03/2023)
Fire
turns six houses into ashes in Bara (kh 28/03/2023)
Saving
children from drowning : Among more than 1,500 drowning deaths
in Nepal in 2019, 31.8 percent were children under five,
by Puspa Raj Pant (kp 24/03/2023)
Two
consecutive earthquakes jolt Baitadi (kh 17/03/2023)
Wildfires
causing havoc in Mahottari (kh 15/03/2023)
Experts
urge urgent action to tackle lightning risks, by Nitu
Ghale (ae 15/03/2023)
Nepal’s
cascading hazards : Scientific research can provide new
insights into designing effective risk management strategies,
by Rocky Talchabhadel and Sanjib Sharma (kp 1403/2023)
Fourteen
houses burnt to a cinder by forest fire : Over 35 houses and
sheds were burnt to ashes in Tehrathum in the past month,
police say, by Chandra Karki (kp 14/03/2023)
Fire
guts three shops in Nuwakot : The exact damage caused by the
fire is yet to be calculated (kp 14/03/2023)
Earthquake
with epicenter in Dailekh (kh 13/03/2023)
Earthquake
recorded in Achham and Kavre (kh 05/03/2023)
Forest
fires destroying forests in Mahottari (kh 01/03/2023)
Raging
problem : After fires, human deaths and loss of property can
be quickly calculated. Yet the damage is deeper (kp
28/02/2023)
As
season of forest fires starts, authorities alert public to
risks : At least 30 persons have died in fire-related
incidents since the start of 2023, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/02/2023)
14
houses gutted in the fire in Tehrathum (kh 25/02/2023)
Fresh
earthquake strikes Bajura (kh 22/02/2023)
Government
studying permanent solutions for flood-prone Melamchi project
: In June 2021, a raging Melamchi River destroyed the
headworks, besides submerging much of Melamchi town, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 18/02/2023)
Kaligandaki
embankment advanced to protect human settlements (kh
15/02/2023)
River
Summit for Watershed Area Conservation (kh 14/02/2023)
Earthquake
felt in Taplejung (kh 13/02/2023)
Myagdi
reports 25 incidents of forest fire due to lack
of winter rainfall (kh 13/02/2023(
Little
progress in Nepal’s quake preparedness since
2015 : New building codes have not been
implemented and open spaces are in short supply,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 12/02/2023)
Effective
Disaster Preparedness: Need of the Nation,
by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (rep 11/02/2023)
Earthquake
occurs in Rukum Paschim (kh 10/02/2023)
Wildfire
raging inside Gaurishankar Conservation Area in
Ramechhap : All efforts to contain the inferno,
which has been raging for three days, have
remained largely unsuccessful, say officials,
by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 01/02/2023)
Far
West of Nepal at high seismic risk, by
Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 29/01/2023)
Victims
of last November’s Doti earthquake spend cold winter
months under flimsy tarp : Thirty-four people from eight
families have been living under one tarpaulin tent in
Uparkada, by Mohan Shahi (kp 26/01/2023)
Are
We Prepared? (rep 26/01/2023)
5.9
magnitude earthquake jolts Sudur Paschim : The
earthquake with epicenter in Bajura occurred at
2:43 PM (nlt 24/01/2023), Quake
measuring 5.9 on Richter scale rattles western
Nepal; houses, temple damaged (rep
24/01/2023), One
killed, one other injured in earthquake in
Bajura, by Krishna Oli and Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 24/01/2023), One
killed and 25 houses damaged due to earthquake
(kh 24/01/2023), Earthquake
destroys 58 houses in Bajura (kh
25/01/2023), Telecom
service disrupted in quake epicentre Bichhyan
(ht 26/01/2023), 42
families displaced by quake in Bajura, 400
houses damaged (rep 27/01/2023)
Civilians
to the rescue : The Yeti crash has once again
brought to the fore the need for effective
disaster management, by Srijan Bahadur Malla
(kp 22/01/2023)
In
a disastrous state : 2015 was just a warning, a
mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal, and we
better start preparing for it, by Sonia
Awale (nt 20/01/2023)
Observation
of Earthquake Day: Indigenous technique for
effective preparedness, by Jiba Raj Pokharel
(ht 17/01/2023), Perilous
path to quick-fire prosperity : Nepal needs to
marshal all its resources to ensure the safety
and welfare of its citizens, by CK Lal (kp
18/01/2023)
Earthquakes
don't kill people, buildings do: So follow the
building code, by Govind Prasad Lamichhane
and Uttam Neupane (ht 18/01/2023)
Lack
of equipment a big constraint in emergency
response : The chaotic scenes at the Yeti Air
accident site, say experts, were a sign of
Nepal’s poor response mechanism, by Anup
Ojha and Nishan Khatiwada (kp 17/01/2023)
In
Uttarakhand land sinking, a forewarning : As we
build roads and power projects in the fragile
mountains, dangerous consequences await us,
by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 16/01/2023)
Property
worth Rs 4.9 million gutted in Dhankuta fire
(kh 14/01/2023)
ed
Cross Society initiates constructing makeshift
houses for quake victims (kh 11/01/2023)
Embankment
to stop flood-induced damage from Doda river
(kh 08/01/2023)
Three
earthquakes jolt Baglung (kh 28/12/2022)
Banke
at high risk of earthquake: Study (kh
23/12/2022)
Two
die of cold (kh 20/12/2022)
Fire
in Khotang's Baksila guts property worth Rs 50
million, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (kp
20/12/2022)
Helping
people facing disaster, by Robert Vanwey (ae
19/12/2022)
Earthquake
vacates villages in Nepal : Last month's
disaster in west Nepal forced more people to
migrate to afford house repairs, by Anita
Bhetwal (nt 16/12/2022)
Youth
involvement in disaster prevention and emergency
aid (ae 15/12/2022)
High
time to make Nepal a disaster-resilient country:
Disaster Management experts (kh 13/12/2022)
Maya
village in Kalikot at high risk of landslide
(kh 10/12/2022)
Nepal’s
forests vulnerable to increasingly fierce fires
: Scientists say the worse could be yet to come
as the winter season in Nepal becomes hotter and
drier, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 09/12/2022)
Relief
aid extended to fire survivors in Sindhupalchowk (kh
05/12/2022)
Mugu
landslide victims exposed to worse suffering in cold
(kh 03/12/2022)
Earthquake
recorded in Dhankuta (kh 28/11/2022)
Disaster-prone
schools put students’ lives at risk : Around 122 schools
in Bajhang are at high risk of natural disasters. More
than 24,400 children study there, according to the
district office, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
23/11/2022) [Neglect of far
western Nepal continues thanks to centrist political
leaders!]
Nepal
and India agree to repair Koshi embankment at 35
locations : The Indian side is expected to complete the
repairs before next rainy season, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 14/11/2022)
Increasingly
deadlier landslides imperil Nepal’s hydel hopes : The
country’s problem, say experts, is its extreme
geological diversity and the progressively complicated
rainfall patterns, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 13/11/2022)
Earthquake
victims of Doti waiting for relief, by Dil Bahadur
Singh (rn 13/11/2022)
People
being urged to stay outdoors in Bajhang’s Patadewal
(kh 13/11/2022), People
urged to stay outdoors in Bajhang after another quake on
Saturday evening (rep 13/11/2022)
Learn
lessons : We cannot predict an earthquake but we can
stay well prepared to mitigate the loss of lives and
property (ht 11/11/2022)
Earthquake
hits Bajura (kh 10/11/2022)
Children,
pregnant women and new mothers at risk of infections
post quake : At least six people died, 12 were injured,
and hundreds displaced in M6.6 earthquake that rocked
the Purbichauki Rural Municipality in Doti district on
Wednesday, by Arjun Poudel and Mohan Shahi (kp
10/11/2022)
6.6
magnitude earthquake jolts far western Nepal : Officials
say casualties were recorded in Doti district where six
dead and five others were injured. The quake has also
caused massive damage to the houses (nlt
09/11/2022), Earthquake
felt in Sudur Paschim Province (kh 09/11/2022), Earthquake
injured being treated in Doti: Nepali Army (kh
09/11/2022), Doti
earthquake: Six people killed (kh 09/11/2022), 200
aftershocks felt so far in Doti district (rep
09/11/2022), Aftershocks
continue to hit quake-hit Doti : Hundreds of aftershocks
continue to rattle the area. Authorities ask locals to
stay alert. Injured being treated in different health
facilities (nlt 09/11/2022)
49
killed, 25 missing due to monsoon-induced disasters in
Karnali (kh 07/11/2022)
Embankment
to protect Dodhara Chandani is always a poll agenda :
The old embankment built in 1994 has lost its original
height to siltation in the Mahakali river and provides
little protection to the settlements, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 05/11/2022)
Victims
of last month’s Pyuthan landslides languish in school
buildings : Authorities concerned have offered
assurances but haven’t done anything to resettle the
displaced victims yet, they say, by Shamsher Bikram
GC (kp 03/11/2022)
Between
droughts and deluges : Nepal has of late witnessed
deluges, unseasonal flash floods and landslides, long
droughts and avalanches, by Arpan Shrestha (kp
01/11/2022)
Goods
worth more than 10 million destroyed in the fire (kh
30/10/2022)
Shuklaphanta-12
locals demand resolution of flood induced hazards
(kh 30/10/2022)
Earthquake
felt in Sudurpaschim Province (kh 30/10/2022)
Fire
destroys property in Taplejung (kh 28/10/2022)
Property
worth Rs 7.5 million gutted in fire (kh 24/10/2022)
Fire
guts property worth Rs 22 million (kh 24/10/2022)
Govt
begins study to analyze impacts of recent Karnali floods
(nlt 21/10/2022)
Rescue
Mission : Nepal Army Rescued Large Number Of People From
Recent Floods And Landslides (sp 21/10/2022)
5.9
Richter scale earthquake shakes Kathmandu (nlt
19/10/2022), 5.9
magnitude earthquake shakes Kathmandu (kh
19/10/2022)
NDRRMA
team arrives in Jumla to study disaster-hit zones
(kh 19/10/2022)
Flood
and landslide in Karnali renders 10,500 people homeless
(kh 16/10/2022)
Province
Government distributes relief to flood victims in Jumla
(kh 15/10/2022)
Between
a rock and a hard place, by Devendra Gautam (ae
13/10/2022)
35
dead, 20 missing in Karnali floods and landslides : The
disasters set off by heavy rains over the past week have
displaced 2,889 families across the province. Sixty
families moved to safety, police say, by Chandani
Kathayat and Tularam Pandey (kp 13/10/2022)
41
Dalit families displaced due to risk of landslide
(kh 13/10/2022)
One
killed, one other missing as incessant rainfall damages
over 200 houses in Arghakhanchi, by Laxman Ghimire
(rep 13/10/2022)
Nepal’s
progress in early warning systems : In parallel with the
progress, natural hazards are becoming more devastating
and unpredictable, by Mandira Singh Shrestha (kp
12/10/2022)
700
families displaced due to floods in Tikapur (rep
12/10/2022)
Details
of damage due to rain in Kalikot being collected, by
Lali Bista (rep 12/10/2022), 1,500
houses damaged due to landslide, floods in Kalikot
(kh 13/10/2022)
Monsoon
mayhem: 16 die, 17 missing in floods, landslides
(nlt 12/10/2022)
Floods
and landslides claim 10 lives in Jumla (kh
12/10/2022), Local
representatives propose to shift eight settlements to
safer places in Jumla (nlt 12/10/2022)
Over
dozen bridges swept away by flood in Karnali River
(ht 12/10/2022)
Flood
inundates around 1,400 houses (kh 11/10/2022)
Floods-displaced
“spending sleepless nights” by repelling mosquitoes in
shelter (kh 11/10/2022)
13
mourners confirmed missing in Kalikot landslide : A
search and rescue team from the district headquarters is
unable to reach the incident site as the Karnali highway
has been blocked due to landslides at multiple locations
(nlt 10/10/2022), 12
dead, three injured in separate landslides in Karnali :
Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Humla and
Mugu districts have left over 150 families displaced,
by Janak Bahadur Shahi (kp 10/10/2022)
Four
buried to death in Humla landslide (nlt 10/10/2022)
Flood
displaces over 800 households in Bardiya (rn
10/10/2022)
5
people die in Mugu landslide (kh 10/10/2022)
Incessant
rain waterlog several local levels in Banke (kh
10/10/2022), More
than 8,000 households affected by flood in Banke (rn
11/10/2022)
Unseasonal
rains cause widespread damage (kh 08/10/2022), Floods,
landslides turn deadly in several districts : October
rains damage houses and crops in places. Life is thrown
out of gear as Nepalis engage in their biggest
festivities (kp 08/10/2022), Unseasonal
rain dampens Dashain, disrupts travel : According to
officials, 28 highways have been obstructed and roads
blocked at 128 places across the country, by Anup
Ojha (kp 08/10/2022), Flood
washes away a bridge in Bardia (kh 08/10/2022), Child
development center and house buried by landslide (kh
08/10/2022), Floods,
inundation displace 4,000 households in Banke (nlt
08/10/2022), Seven
members of a family die in Jumla landslide (kh
08/10/2022), 7
dead, 2 injured in Jumla landslide; 2 missing after
being swept away by rain-swollen stream : Seven were
killed and two got injured in a landslide in
Kanakasundari Rural Municipality, while two have gone
missing in a flood in Hima Rural Municipality of the
district, by LP Devkota (kp 08/10/2022)
140
houses inundated in Nawalparasi (kh 08/10/2022)
Landslide
kills five in Jumla (kh 08/10/2022)
Six
persons missing in Pyuthan landslide (kh 07/10/2022)
Incessant
rain increases risk of flood and inundation (rn
07/10/2022)
Water
level in Bheri river crosses danger level, alert issued
(rn 07/10/2022)
Three
persons of same family killed in landslide at
Kathmandu’s Chandragiri (kh 07/10/2022)
Water
level in Rapti River surging due to incessant rain,
authorities urge for precaution (kh 06/10/2022)
Water
level in Narayani River crosses danger mark (nlt
06/10/2022), Water
level in Narayani River reaches this year’s highest
(kh 06/0/2022), Narayani
floods over 100 houses in East Nawalparasi (kh
07/10/2022), 95
houses inundated in Nawalpur : Flood in the Narayani
river inundated 75 houses in Binayi Tribeni Rural
Municipality and 20 houses in Madhyabindu Municipality
(kp 07/10/2022)
Yangpang,
Champe locals suffer from flood, landslide amid festival
season, by Gokul Bhujel (rn 03/10/2022)
Landslide
disrupts water supply project in Surkhet (kh
30/09/2022)
Heavy
rain causes damage to properties in Khotang (kh
30/09/2022)
Fire
at Dhobighat scraps depot injures three (kh
21/09/2022)
1,500
houses inundated across Kailali (rn 18/09/2022), Kailali
flood survivors face hunger, disease risk, mothers worry
about children, by Durga Devkota (rn 19/09/2022), ar
West disaster victims struggle to survive : Landslides
in Achham on Friday killed 22 people. In Kanchanpur and
Kailali, floodwaters inundated several settlements and
displaced hundreds, by Menuka Dhungana, Bhawani
Bhatta and Mohan Budhaair (kp 20/09/2022), Cattle
also on verge of death in lack of food (rn
20/09/2022), Displaced
flood victims still living under open sky (kh
23/09/2022)
Nine
dead, seven missing in Achham landslide (kh
17/09/2022), 12
people killed, 11 others missing due to landslide in
Achham (rep 17/09/2022), 17
confirmed dead in Achham (rn 17/09/2022), Eye-watering
deaths and destruction out west : 21 dead, two missing
in late-monsoon floods and landslides in Sudurpaschim
and Lumbini provinces. Continuous rainfall has disrupted
rescue efforts, by Menuka Dhungana (kp), Achham
landslides: Death toll reaches 22 (kh 18/09/2022),
Flood
inundates various settlements in Bardiya (rn
17/09/2022)
More
monstrous monsoons : Future flood disasters in Pakistan
and Nepal can be prevented if more attention is paid to
preparedness and proper planning (nt 16/09/2022)
Three
members of single family killed in landslide (kh
15/09/2022)
Baglung’s
Talloramtola area at high risk after last week’s
landslide : The massive landslide triggered by heavy
rains last week has displaced as many as 12 families in
the area, by Prakash Baral (kp 15/09/2022)
One
dies, nine missing in floods and landslides in Darchula
(nlt 10/09/2022), Floods
sweep away over one dozen houses in Darchula; 11 people
missing (kh 10/09/2022), Darchula
floods update: Death toll rises to five (kh
10/09/2022), Darchula
floods, landslides leave five dead and 10 missing : The
disasters triggered by heavy rainfall have injured at
least eight people, police say, by Manoj Badu (kp
11/09/2022)
Landslide
blocks mid-hill highway (nlt 07/09/2022)
Flood,
landslide disrupt rural roads in Khotang (kh
03/09/2022)
Landslides
obstruct major highways, meteorologists warn of
torrential rain across country (nlt 02/09/2022)
Lightning
kills three women (rep 30/08/2022)
Floods
and landslides in Sindhupalchowk (kh 28/08/2022)
Landslide
displaced families receive land in Sankhuwasabha (kh
26/08/2022) [They were displaced
more than two years ago!], Sankhuwasabha
landslide victims being relocated after two years of
displacement : Some respite for survivors as 52 families
receive land plots for relocation while the process to
move 37 families is underway, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
29/08/2022)
Gorkha
earthquake: Trauma lingers on seven years after, by
Rukamanee Maharjan (ht 26/08/2022)
Nepalgunj
sub-metropolis lacks skilled firefighters (kh
23/08/2022)
Lack
of disaster management and preparedness raises alarm :
Local governments’ complacency in implementing disaster
risk management and post-disaster plans might lead to a
repeat of last year’s tragedy, locals say, by Biplav
Bhattarai (kp 21/08/2022)
Earthquake
of 4.8 magnitude hits Banke at midnight : Epicenter in
Nuwakot (kh 20/08/2022)
Humla’s
Ramdev school at high risk of landslide (rn
14/08/2022)
Succour
for Saptakoshi flood victims (ht 14/08/2022)
Swollen
Bagmati River waterlogs settlements (photo feature)
(nlt 10/08/2022), Kathmandu’s
riverside settlements inundated after last night’s rain
(rep 10/08/2022), Over
800 houses in Bhaktapur flooded (kh 10/08/2022), Aftermath
of the flood in Manohara landless squatters’ settlement
in Bhaktapur (photo feature) (rep 10/08/2022), Flooded
Manohara river damages property worth Rs 7.5 million
(rn 11/08/2022)
Landslide
hits Southern Rasuwa (kh 10/08/2022)
Floods
damage homes, displace families in Dolakha : Floods
triggered by bursting of a recharge pond damaged 10
houses at Bhimeshwar Municipality on Sunday, by
Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 09/08/2022)
Understanding
Koshi flood impact in Nepal, by Birat Anupam (kh
08/08/2022)
Saptakoshi
Municipality-4 inundated due to collapse of Chandra
Canal (rn 08/08/2022)
Local
people unite to change river course to save settlements
in Kanchanpur (kh 08/08/2022)
Landslips
affect seven hydropower projects in Myagdi (kh
08/08/2022)
Saptakoshi’s
33 sluice gates opened after water level increases
(kh 07/08/2022), Everything
need to know about Koshi flood impact, by Birat
Anupam (rn 07/08/2022)
Karnali
River Erosion: Satti Bridge, Rajapur in Bardiya,
Tikapur-8 at risk (kh 07/08/2022)
Water
level in Koshi River recedes, situation is now risk
free: Sunsari CDO (06/08/2022)
5.3-magnitude
earthquake with epicenter in Nuwakot jolts Kathmandu
Valley (nlt 06/08/2022)
Melamchi
folks urged to remain cautious (kh 06/08/2022)
Without
Cooperation, Water-Induced Disasters Will Continue To
Wreak Havoc : Before it can exit from the vicious cycle
of annual disasters that mire its people in poverty and
hopelessness, Nepal must adopt a more collaborative
approach, by Dhruba Gautam (sp 05/08/2022)
Landslides
displace six families in Myagdi (kh 05/08/2022)
People
residing in low-lying areas in Tikapur live in constant
risk of floods, by Durga Devkota (rn 05/08/2022)
Deluge
and after : The marginalised population should not be
left behind while providing flood victims with relief
(kp 05/08/2022)
Koshi
menace: 2,400 families rescued (kh 04/08/2022), Around
2,500 families in Udayapur affected by Saptakoshi river
flooding : The river changed course and turned west
through Dumribote and entered several wards of Belaka
Municipality, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 04/08/2022),
Over 20,000 people displaced as Koshi River returns to
its old course after three and a half decades (rep
04/08/2022), Koshi
wrecks havoc : The flood problem could have been averted
had the govt repaired the embankments before monsoon
(ht 05/08/2022)
Koshi
barrage: 42 out of 56 sluices opened as water level
rises (kh 04/08/2022)
Caretakers
mobilized to disseminate flood-related early warning
information (kh 04/08/2022)
Saptakoshi
erodes settlements in Udayapur, govt urges to step up
rescue and relief efforts (nlt 03/08/2022), Residents
of Udayapur’s Belaka in panic as Saptakoshi breaks
embankment (rep 03/08/2022), Around
4,000 families at high risk as Saptakosi embankment
bursts (kh 03/08/2022), Swollen
Saptakoshi River breaches the embankments, over 1,000
households are at high risk (rep 03/08/2022), ‘Risk
of land erosion by swelling Saptakoshi rising, efforts
being made to rescue affected people’, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 03/08/2022)
7
killed in floods, landslides in districts : The
disasters, prompted by incessant overnight rains, have
also displaced scores of households and damaged property,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 03/08/2022)
People’s
mobility halts after flood sweeps away bridge (kh
03/08/2022)
Two
die, three go missing as landslide buries house in
Myagdi (nlt 02/08/2022),
Bodies of three more persons missing in Myagdi landslide
recovered (kh 02/08/2022)
100
houses flooded in Gaindakot (rep 02/08/2022)
Water
level rising constantly in Saptakoshi, by Amar
Khadka (rep 02/08/2022)
Shock
Responsive Social Protection: Leveraging Existing
Systems to Deliver Rapid Relief, by Hemanta Dangal
and Alina Karki (rep 01/08/2022)
Water
level high in Myagdi and Kaligandaki Rivers (kh
01/08/2022)
Landslide
buries one to death; one other injured in Pokhara
(kh 01/08/2022)
Landslide
obstructs Mid-Hill Highway in Khotang (kh
01/08/2022)
5.3
magnitude earthquake hits Bhojpur; tremor felt in
Kathmandu (kh 31/07/2022), Tremors
of earthquake felt in Kathmandu Valley, parts of eastern
and central Nepal (rep 31/07/2022), Khotang
earthquake destroys houses, further details of losses
are awaited (rep 31/07/2022), Khotang
earthquake: 475 houses, two school buildings, one police
post suffer damages (kh 02/08/2022), Khotang
quake: 475 houses, two school buildings, one police post
suffer damages (rep 02/08/2022)
India
and Bangladesh seek to sign deal on real-time flood data
sharing with Nepal (kp 31/07/2022)
Floods,
landslides destroy shops, displace households in Dolakha
: Over 30 families have been displaced as a landslide
lashes Shailung Rural Municipality’s ward 8, by
Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 26/07/2022)
4.7
magnitude earthquake hits Sindhupalchowk, tremor felt in
Kathmandu (kh 25/07/2022)
Three
of a same family killed in Achham landslide (kh
25/07/2022)
Flood
disrupts Melamchi-Helambu road (21/07/2022), Rain
starts damaging roads at different places of Melamchi,
Helambu (kh 23/07/2022), Rain
damages roads in different parts of Melamchi, Helambu
(rep 23/07/2022)
Incessant
rainfall since Tuesday triggers landslides in Bajhang:
Landslides swept away three houses while more than 50
houses are at high risk in several settlements of the
district, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 21/07/2022)
Save
the Children study shows need for shock-responsive
social protection : “Social protection systems do not
offer any flexibility to scale up and scale out the
interventions in response to disasters amidst rising
impacts of climate change or economic shocks.” (nlt
19/07/2022)
Two
years after disasters, displaced families are still
living in makeshift settlements : In 2020, a provincial
ministry paid 26 times more in helicopter fares than
what it spent on relief for Sindhupalchok flood and
landslide victims, by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/07/2022)
Ensuring
Effective Disaster Response, by Pram Awasthi (rn
18/07/2022)
Permanent
shelters for disaster-survivors in the offing in
Sindhupalchowk (kh 18/07/2022)
High
alertness adopted at Mahakali coastal areas (rn
15/07/2022)
Landslides
displace more than 40 families : Landslides following
heavy rainfall since Wednesday have affected settlements
across the country’s hill districts, by Kedar
Shiwakoti (kp 15/07/2022)
Fire
destroys warehouse of National Federation of
Disabled-Nepal : The federation said dozens of new
wheelchairs, 400 crutches, and Covid safety equipment
were gutted (kp 14/07/2022)
Villages
in Tinau at high risk : At least 80 families in three
villages—Suketal, Deule and Paskund—are living in fear
of landslides and floods caused by soil erosion in the
Dobhan Kachal river, by Madhav Aryal (kp 13/07/2022)
Pay
Heed To Nature's Rhythm, by Devendra Gautam (rn
13/07/2022)
Dhangadhi
has been facing inundation for 39 years, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 13/07/2022)
Melamchi
folks waiting for rehabilitation after a year of massive
flooding (kh 12/07/2022)
Flood
displaces 24 families in Dunai (kh 12/07/2022)
Disaster
Management Needs Priority, by Shrijan Bahadur Malla
(rep 11/07/2022)
Tremor
felt in Baitadi and Darchula (kh 10/07/2022)
Locals
are first responders during disasters but they are
ill-equipped and untrained : At least 33 people have
died—18 in the disasters and 15 in lightning
incidents—since the start of monsoon this year. Plan to
strengthen local governments for disaster response in
limbo, by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/07/2022)
Multisectoral
multiscale disasters : Investment in science is crucial
for improving the prediction of cascading hazards and
risks, by Sanjib Sharma and Rocky Talchabhadel (kp
10/07/2022)
Landslide
disrupts Maldhunga-Beni road (kh 09/07/2022), Jamune-Khaireni
road disrupted (kh 09/07/2022)
People
of settlements prone to landslides and floods in
Sindhupalchok living in abject fear : Sindhupalchok has
been battered by a series of natural disasters over the
past decade, with over 3,375 households in the district
at risk of landslides, by Anish Tiwari (kp
09/07/2022)
The
urgency of India-Bangladesh-Nepal-Bhutan-China flood
management cooperation, by Samina Akhter (rep
08/07/2022)
Lightning
strike injures 14 paddy planters in Chitwan (kh
07/07/2022)
Lightning
kills 2, injures 9 in Pyuthan (kh 05/07/2022)
116
settlements in Bajura at risk of landslides, floods
(rn 03/07/2022)
Beni-Jomsom
road obstructed (kh 02/07/2022), House
swept away in Panchthar, three persons missing (kh
02/07/2022), Flood
triggered by incessant rainfall causes loss worth
millions in Gaighat (rep 02/07/2022), Shops
and houses in Gaighat inundated, millions of losses
incurred (rn 02/07/2022)
90
settlements in Salyan at risk of landslides, forest
department says : Risk aggravated by haphazard road
construction, claims Disaster Management Committee chief,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 01/07/2022)
Two
dead, three injured as houses collapse (kh
30/06/2022), 72
districts at risk of floods and landslides (rep
30/06/2022), Floods,
landslides displace over 6,000 in Province 1, by
Binod Subedi (rep 30/06/2022)
Monsoon
rains obstruct highways, waterlog settlements : Heavy
rainfall is likely to take place in some parts on
Wednesday with partial to complete changes in weather
conditions across the country due to the effects of
monsoon winds (nlt 29/06/2022), Landslides
obstruct Mid-Hill Highway and Baglung-Myagdi road
(kh 29/06/2022), Traffic
in Nawalpur section along East-West Highway disrupted
(kh 29/06/2022), Local
administration cautions people in Koshi basin area to
take safety measures (kh 29/06/2022), Floods
inundate over 350 houses in Morang (kh 29/06/2022),
Janakpurdham
waterlogged (kh 29/06/2022), Landslide
blocks Sisneri sector of Hetauda-Kathmandu road (kh
29/06/2022), Roads
and bridges in Melamchi area damaged, locals bear the
brunt (rep 29/06/2022), Incessant
rainfall triggers floods across Tarai region (ht
29/06/2022), Local
people asked to stay alert as Rapti river gets swollen
(kh 29/06/2022), 24
Out of 56 gates of Saptakoshi barrage opened (kh
29/06/2022)
Wildfires
in Bajhang highlands destroy biodiversity : Despite
frequent wildfires in the uplands of the district, no
scientific studies have been conducted in the region,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 29/06/2022)
Seven
sustain burn injuries in an explosion of tanker carrying
tar (kh 29/06/2022)
Lightning
kills two in Kanchanpur (kh 28/06/2022), Lightning
kills six people across country (rn 28/06/2022)
Saptakoshi
sees rise in water level (rn 28/06/2022)
Half
dozen houses at high risk of flood in Jhapa (kh
28/06/2022)
Incessant
rainfall inundates 300 houses in Hemja,15 other houses
still at risk of inundation (rep 26/06/2022)
Mets
urge people to remain alert amid heavy rains forecast :
Temporary bridge washed away by floods in Melamchi
(kh 25/06/2022)
Rahuganga
rural municipality highly vulnerable to landslides
(rn 25/06/2022)
Monsoon
means disaster in Madhes Province : Several settlements
in Rautahat and Saptari face yearly displacement and
loss of lives and properties caused by floods and
inundation, by Shiva Puri and Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp
25/06/2022)
Madhes
Province to demand helicopter for disaster rescue
(rn 25/06/2022)
4.9
magnitude earthquake jolts Pokhara (nlt 23/06/2022)
13
flood-prone houses shifted to safety in Damak, Jhapa
(rn 22/06/2022)
Monsoon
brings more misery to Dhading villages : Every year, the
rainy season causes loss of lives, displacement of
people, and destruction of property in the
landslide-prone district, by Sarita Shrestha (kp
22/06/2022)
New
rule allows crusher plants even closer to rivers,
forests and villages : Experts say such policies will
damage environment. Questions arise at whose behest the
new standards were brought, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 21/06/2022), Closer
to disaster : Unchecked exploitation of nature is
certain to open the floodgates of large-scale climate
conflicts (kp 22/06/2022)
Seventy-three
people killed in disaster-related incidents this year
(kh 20/06/2022)
Khado
river starts eroding embankment leaving settlements at
risk of flooding : Hundreds of people from various
settlements in Saptari are affected by floods in the
river every monsoon, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp
20/06/2022)
Fire
guts property worth over Rs 900,000 in Taplejung
(rep 20/06/2022)
Over
a dozen families displaced by floods in Damak (kh
20/06/2022)
Status
of siren installed in Melamchi area examined (kh
20/06/2022)
Landslide
obstructs Khandbari-Kimathanka Road (kh 20/06/2022)
Landslide:
Eight houses washed away in Taplejung (kh
19/06/2022)
Swollen
Seti River erodes bridge in Pokhara, disrupting
transportation (kh 19/06/2022)
Rain-caused
disasters displace 75 families (kh 16/06/2022)
Strong
winds inflict damage in Kailali (kh 12/06/2022)
Mild
tremor felt in Kathmandu (nlt 11/06/2022), 4.7-magnitude
quake jolts central Nepal (kh 11/06/2022)
Seven
municipalities of Dhanusha at high risk of disaster
(rep 11/06/2022)
Landslides
displace 400 families in Dolakha annually (ht
11/06/2022)
Around
2 million people estimated to be affected by
monsoon-induced disasters (kh 10/06/2022)
Vehicular
movement affected as temporary bridge over Melamchi is
damaged (rep 10/06/2022)
Landslide
obstructs North-South Road in Sankhuwasabha (kh
10/06/2022)
Rain
lashes Baglung, dozens of houses at risk (kh
10/06/2022)
As
the earth warms and glaciers melt, the risk of glacial
lake outburst floods grows, by Marissa Taylor (rec
09/06/2022)
Monsoon
disasters in Nepal: Need of innovative preparedness,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 07/06/2022)
No
lesson learned from the last year’s monsoon devastations
: Displaced people are at risk of many communicable and
vector borne diseases in the monsoon season, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 02/06/2022)
Two
buried to death in Sankhuwasabha landslide (nlt
01/06/2022)
Beni
at high risk as embankment yet to be rebuilt : The
flooded Kaligandaki river damaged around 50 metres of
the embankment during last year’s monsoon, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 26/05/2022)
Massive
fire breaks out in Teku : An electrical shop caught fire
around 3:30pm on Monday. Police and firefighters have
been deployed to the incident site to bring the inferno
under control (kp 23/05/2022)
Five
killed, 11 injured in storm, lightning (rep
22/05/2022)
Increasing
concrete cover in Valley causing more urban floods :
Experts for building infiltrating ponds to avert flood
disasters and recharge groundwater, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 20/05/2022)
Why
aren’t political parties talking about earthquakes?, by
Cilla Khatry (ae 12/05/2022)
People
displaced by the earthquake in Rasuwa are still awaiting
resettlement : As many as 174 quake-displaced families
are staying in temporary shelters at Khalte, by
Balaram Ghimire (kp 13/05/2022) [They
urgently need the right to vote "None of them"!]
Nowhere
safe to go, people in disaster-hit areas live in terror
as monsoon nears : Hundreds of people still living in
places identified as unfit to reside seven years ago,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/05/2022)
Earthquake
reported in Jumla (rep 04/05/2022)
Four-storey
house gutted in fire (kh 28/04/2022)
Dry
conditions are fuelling wildfires but authorities are
ill-equipped to tackle them : 103 wildfires were
recorded across the country Sunday. Rain unlikely for
next three days, by Arjun Poudel (kp 26/04/2022)
Blast
at oxygen plant prompts calls to shift hazardous
industries : Among the 10 industrial areas currently
operating in the country, three are located in Kathmandu
Valley, by Pawan Pandey (kp 26/04/2022)
Seventh
Gorkha earthquake memorial day being observed today
(kh 25/04/2022)
Massive
fire incurs loss of millions of rupees in Bhaktapur
(kh 25/04/2022)
Four
kids burnt to death as fire guts house in Jumla (nlt
23/04/2022), Four
children die in Jumla house fire : Three of the deceased
are siblings while the fourth victim is their cousin.
They were aged 1 to 14, by DB Budha (kp 24/04/2022)
Wildfires
rage in Palpa forests, leaving human settlements at high
risk : Wildfires recur in the district every year but
the authorities concerned and the local units are not
well prepared to mitigate the disaster, by Madhab
Aryal (kp 20/04/2022)
4.1-magnitude
quake jolts far-west Nepal (kh 19/04/2022)
32
fire incidents take place in 24 hours, one killed, five
injured (kh 17/04/2022)
Deurali
settlement in Tanahun at risk of being washed away
(kh 17/04/2022)
Lightning
kills 2, injures 5 in separate places (kh
12/04/2022)
Hail
destroys crops in Myagdi (kh 10/04/2022)
Lightning
kills minor girl, injures three in Tehrathum (kh
09/04/2022)
Post-disaster
lessons for Nepal : Experts analyse why country was not
prepared for disastrous unseasonal post-monsoon
downpours in October 2021 (nt 08/04/2022)
13
houses gutted in incident of fire (kh 27/03/2022)
Fire
Guts Property Worth Over Rs 5 Million (rn
26/03/2022)
4.2
magnitude earthquake shakes Taplejung (kh
23/03/2022)
Fire
ravages three houses in Kakani (kh 19/03/2022)
Season
of fire : We must work sincerely towards ensuring that
fire incidents come down in the days to come (kp
18/03/2022)
Province
1 districts ill-prepared for fire disasters : Every
year, properties worth millions are destroyed in fire
incidents in Taplejung and Panchthar but authorities
have no plans to control them, by Ananda Gautam and
Laxmi Gautam (kp 17/03/2022)
Nepal
Police Calls For Precautionary Measures To Prevent Fire
Incident (rn 16/03/2022)
Fire
and wildfire: Hunting in pairs in Nepal, by Jiba Raj
Pokharel (ht 15/03/2022)
Fire
engulfs Kanchanjungha Conservation Area (kh
14/03/2022)
Landslide-displaced
families await relocation : More than a hundred families
from two villages in Sankhuwasabha were displaced by a
landslide two monsoons ago. The displaced are still
living in temporary shelters, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
14/03/2022)
Rs
40 mln allocated for protection of Melamchi
flood-ravaged area (kh 09/03/2022)
Five
members of a family found dead : The family could have
died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by burning
charcoal inside the house, police say. 16 deaths caused
by suffocation were reported across the country in the
last three months, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
08/03/2022)
Fire
breaks out in Solu community forest (kh 07/03/2022),
Forest
fire in Lukla yet to come under control due to strong
winds (kh 07/03/2022)
Govt
to release budget for rehabilitation of monsoon-hit
survivors (ht 07/03/2022)
Fifteen
yaks killed in avalanche (rep 06/03/2022)
Fire
breaks out in Damauli (rep 06/03/2022), Two
fire trucks from Pokhara reach Damauli (rep
06/03/2022), Damauli
fire outbreak under control after five hours (rep
06/03/2022), Political
parties ask govt to provide relief to Tanahun fire
victims (kh 07/03/2022)
70
Vegetable Stalls Destroyed In Kathmandu Fire (rn
06/03/2022)
Fire
guts 5 shops, property worth Rs 15 mln in Mahottari
(kh 05/03/2022)
Landslides
vulnerability and rural roads, by Yogendra Subedi
and Anustha Shrestha (kh 03/03/2022)
Three
villages facing displacement by landslides : Fifty
families have been displaced by landslides in Katkhet,
Talbada and Maitoli villages of Bajhang, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 03/03/2022)
Damage
by hail, rainfall in Pokhara estimated at Rs 110 million
(rep 22/02/2022)
Kaligandaki
puts 13 settlements at risk (ht 21/02/2022)
Government
to make disaster information management effective : The
Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to establish
Disaster Management Database System for effective
documentation of various disaster events (ht
20/02/2022)
Five
die in Dang inferno (nlt 11/02/2022), Five
dead in a fire in Tulsipur : Five people from two
families died when a four-storey building caught fire on
Friday morning, by Durga Lal KC (kp 12/02/2022)
Home
Minister instructs for support to disaster survivors
(kh 05/02/2022)
Fire
guts property worth Rs 85 million in Jhapa (rep
04/02/2022)
Two
killed in lightning strikes (rep 04/02/2022)
Delay
in embankment repair worries Tikapur residents : Floods
triggered by heavy rains in the third week of October
last year b reached the embankment along Karnali River
and inundated several settlements, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 01/02/2022)
Continuous
snowfall since December disrupts supply chains in Saipal
: First the November floods affected food supply, then
came snowfall. Now villagers face a looming shortage of
essentials, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 30/01/2022)
A
Ramechhap settlement at risk of landslides : The
residents of Keurini Birta in Likhu Tamakoshi Rural
Municipality complain that the authorities concerned are
indifferent to their problem, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 24/01/2022)
Property
worth Rs 3.5 million gutted in fire (kh 23/01/2022)
Victims
of negligence : Most of the relief work usually falls on
the shoulders of ordinary citizens rather than the state
(kp 21/01/2022)
Two
buried to death after mound of earth collapses in Butwal
(kh 20/01/2022)
Relief
Assistance To Hailstorm-Affected Farmers, by Dhyan
Kulung (rn 16/01/2022)
Lessons
still not learnt : On National Earthquake Safety Day on
15 January, let us remember that the 2015 quake taught
us to be better prepared (nt 14/01/2022)
Three
missing in Dhading landslide (nlt 13/01/2022)
Fire
guts three houses in Paanchthar (kh 06/01/2022)
128
Landslide Survivors In Nawalparasi Continue To Spend
Night In Open (rn 05/01/2022)
Sudurpaschim
flood victims yet to receive relief materials (ht
03/01/2022)
Chure
degradation continues amid catastrophic projections :
Even when there is visible environmental degradation,
the local government has focused on promoting the Chure
area as a tourism spot, putting the ecology of the
region at risk, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp
31/12/2021)
Nepali
Army reaches out to Gurja avalanche survivors (kh
31/12/2021)
4.6-magnitude
quake jolts Far-west Nepal (kh 30/12/2021)
Fire
Destroys Property Worth Rs 10.9 Billion In Five Years,
by Mahima Devkota (rn 21/12/2021)
Last
year’s flood victims from Dhorpatan still await relief :
Several government officials had reached the flood- and
landslide-hit areas and announced relief packages but
none of the promised funds has come through, by
Prakash Baral (kp 10/12/2021)
Govt
declares six districts in Sudurpaschim Province as
crisis-hit zones (rep 08/12/2021)
Massive
Sindhuli fire damages over Rs 50 million (kh
30/11/2021)
Study
to find causes and prevention measures of large-scale
landslide in Manang begins, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
29/11/2021)
PM
Deuba Responds Positively To Announce Bajhang A
Disaster-Hit Area (rn 23/11/2021)
Three
minors die as cowshed catches fire in Helambu (kh
23/11/2021)
Nepal
likely to see rise in rain-induced landslides during
monsoon (ht 20/11/2021)
Multipronged
response to Nepal’s multi-hazards : The country needs to
plan a multi-hazard approach to reduce disaster risk
like the avalanche in Mustang on Monday, by Jack
Rusk (nt 19/11/2021)
ire
in furnace oil industry causes loss of Rs 5 million
(rep 18/11/2021)
Massive
fire guts 20 houses in Gamgadhi (kh 16/11/2021)
Landslides
increase after earthquake: Study (ht 15/11/2021)
alanche
in Kowang, Mustang leaves six injured (rep
14/11/2021), Over
120 Yak go missing in Mustang avalanche (kh
15/11/2021)
Dry
landslide at Dudh Kosi puts 12 houses at risk (kh
11/11/2021)
Salleri
residents demand relocation from flood-ravaged village :
More than a dozen houses in Salleri of Gorkha are at
risk of displacement by landslides and floods, officials
say, by Hariram Upreti (kp 11/11/2021)
Landslide-hit
Miklajung village faces food shortage : Despite promises
from the federal and the provincial governments, no help
has reached the disaster-hit areas in the last three
weeks, by Laxmi Gautam (kp 11/11/2021)
More
than 1,600 houses in Bajura at high risk of
water-induced disasters : Residents of the affected
settlements have urged authorities to move them to safer
locations, by Arjun Shah (kp 09/11/2021)
Panchthar
residents affected without repair of facilities damaged
in landslides, flooding (kh 07/11/2021)
Disaster
claims 121 lives, 28 missing in Nepal (kh
31/10/2021) [related to after-monsoon disaster], 121
killed, 28 missing in disaster so far: MoHA (ht
01/11/2021)
Panchthar
floods: Death toll climbs to 31 as one more missing
found dead (kh 26/10/2021)
Unseasonal
rain damages over 3,000 metric tonnes of paddy crop in
Gandaki (kh 26/10/2021)
26
districts affected; 117 die in post-monsoon disaster
(kh 25/10/2021)
Earthquake
jolts Lamjung (kh 25/10/2021)
Paddy
damage by freak rains estimated at Rs8.26 billion :
According to preliminary estimates by the Agriculture
Ministry, 325,258 tonnes of ready-to-harvest paddy in
85,580 hectares were either submerged or swept away in
seven provinces, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/10/2021)
353
killed in natural disasters in last 7 months (kh
24/10/2021)
Flood
death toll rises to 35 in Far West, 23 still missing
(rep 24/10/2021)
Rain-induced
disasters damage physical infrastructure worth Rs 1.30
billion (rep 24/10/2021)
Demand
for compensation to rain-affected farmers (kh
23/10/2021)
Rain-induced
disaster claims 111 lives; 37 go missing (kh
22/10/2021)
Unseasonal
October rains to shave up to 0.6 percentage points off
GDP : Losses could be in billions of rupees as heavy
rains damage paddy crops across the country,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/10/2021),
Death
toll from post-monsoon disaster reaches 101 : Sudden and
extreme rainfall in the third week of October has left
experts worried about the impact of climate change on
economy and livelihoods. Forty-one people were still
missing as of late Thursday afternoon,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 22/10/2021), Flood
Disrupts Road Transport In Bajura, by Sher Bahadur
Sarki (rn 22/10/2021), NHRC
starts monitoring disaster-hit areas (ht 22/10/2021)
Media
Matters In Early Warning, by Kundan Aryal (rn
22/10/2021)
Death
toll in floods, landslips climbs to 77 : Province 1 is
hit hardest as unseasonal rainfall continues to
claim lives, destroy crop, by Laxmi Gautam, Biplav
Bhattarai and Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 21/10/2021), Nepal
floods: Death toll climbs to 88; 30 still missing
(kh 21/10/2021), Rains
inflict 30 percent loss to paddy crops output in Chitwan
(kh 21/10/2021), Until
something happens : No matter how effective it is,
disaster response and rehabilitation is just not enough
(kp 21/10/2021), Traffic
resumes along Siddhartha, Pahalmansingh Swar highways
(kh 21/10/2021), Incessant
rain wreaks havoc in Mahottari, damages 11 houses
(kh 21/10/2021), Death
Toll Of Rain-Induced Disasters Reach 99, 35 Injured, 40
Missing (rn 21/10/2021), Nepal
floods update: Death toll climbs to 101; 41 missing
(kh 21/10/2021), When
it rains, it pours (rec 21/10/2021)
Fire
breaks out in Fusre of Dharan (rep 21/10/2021)
Flood
sweeps away Karnali bridge construction materials
(kh 20/10/2021), Six
members of a family missing after landslide buries their
house in Humla (kh 20/10/2021), Death
toll from floods and landslides across Nepal climbs to
17 (kh 20/10/2021), Unseasonal
rain claims 10 in Sudurpashchim alone, 23 missing
(kh 20/10/2021), Six
killed as landslide buries house in Dhankuta (kh
20/10/2021), Six
killed, Six injured in landslide in Dhankuta (rep
20/10/2021), At
least 18 killed as floods, landslides cause devastation
in several districts : As many as 24 people reported
missing in Bajhang and around 2,600 people displaced in
Kanchanpur. Dozens trapped as a Baitadi settlement
is surrounded by the floodwaters from the Seti
river (kp 20/10/2021), Snowfall
leaves 10 tourists, including two foreigners, trapped at
Mera Peak area (kh 20/10/2021), Water
level crosses danger mark in Saptakoshi; 42 out 56
sluices opened (kh 20/10/2021), Red
light turned on as water level in Koshi crosses danger
level (rep 20/10/2021), Death
toll from floods and ndslides across Nepal climbs to 31
: 43 go missing following unseasonal rainfall (lh
20/10/2021), Nepal
floods: 24 killed in Pradesh 1 alone, 8 missing (kh
20/10/2021), Climate
change to blame for extreme weather (rep
20/10/2021), Tourists
stranded in Kanchenjunga area due to continuous rain
(rep 20/10/2021), Flood,
Landslide update: 48 killed, 31 missing (rep
20/10/2021), Two
children buried to death in rain-triggered mudslide in
Dharan (rep 20/10/2021), 8
killed, 7 missing in natural disasters in Ilam (rep
20/10/2021), One-way
traffic resumes on Koshi Highway, by Rohit Rai (rep
20/10/2021), Incessant-rain
triggered floods disrupt eight roads (kh
20/10/2021), Nepali
Army intensifies rescue, relief efforts (kh
20/10/2021)
Incessant
rain causes floods in Mahakali river, inundates 200
houses (kh 19/10/2021), Man
swept away by river (kh 19/10/2021), Incessant
rain inundates different areas in Dhangadhi (kh
19/10/2021), Doti,
Dadeldhura report three landslide-related deaths (kh
19/10/2021), Two
dead, as many missing in separate landslides in
Sudurpaschim : Various settlements are at high risk of
flooding with the increase in the flow of Mahakali and
Karnali rivers, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 19/10/2021),
Karnali
River enters village creating chaos (rep
19/10/2021), Mahakali
River records highest water level in eight years
(rep 19/10/2021), Two
killed in house collapse in Doti (rep 19/10/2021), One
buried to death in landslide, by Nagendra Upadhyaya
(rep 19/10/2021), Six
dead, 23 missing in floods and landslides (kh
19/10/2021), Four
highways in Gandaki and Sudurpaschim provinces blocked
due to floods, landslips (kh 19/10/2021), Floods
from Seti River enter Dhungad settlement in Baitadi : At
least 60 people are waiting to be rescued from the
flood-affected area (kp 19/10/2021), NA
chopper rescues five persons stuck in Mahakali floods
(kh 19/10/2021), People
worried as flow of water in Seti River rises (rep
19/10/2021), Active
monsoon brings heavy rain; Sudurpaschim mostly affected
: Incessant rain in Sudurpaschim; three dead, normal
life badly affected (kh 19/10/2021), 40-year-old
man dies in flood in Udayapur (kh 19/10/2021)
Jayprithvi
Highway obstructed (kh 19/10/2021)
Sindhupalchowk
reports two aftershocks of Gorkha quake (kh
18/10/2021)
Earthquake
felt in Gorkha (kh 17/10/2021)
Heavy
rainfall on Saturday damages temporary connectivity
infrastructure in Melamchi area (rep 17/10/2021)
Landslide
Blocks Karnali River In Bajura, Water Level Decreases By
50%, by Prem Raj Sinkhada (rn 12/10/2021), Water
Level Returns To Normal, One Kilometer Long Lake Formed
(rn 12/10/2021)
Almost
two dozen landslide-displaced families living in forest,
by Arjun Shah (kp 08/10/2021)
Province
2 sees rise in drowning incidents : As many as 285 cases
of death by drowning were reported in the province in
the last 27 months, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 05/10/2021)
Technology
has not Defeated Geography : The case of atmospheric
aerosol loading and repeated casualties from lightning
in the Siwalik/Churia range also proves this, by
Hari KC and Keshav Bhattarai (rep 03/10/2021)
Relief
distributed to Melamchi-Helambu flood survivors (kh
03/10/2021)
Landslide-displaced
families in Dolakha village await reliefBagmati
provincial government had assured relief amount and
relocation three months ago but the displaced families
are yet to get the promised help, by Kedar Shiwakoti
(kp 03/10/2021)
Earthquake
jolts Jethal, Sindhupalchowk (kh 01/10/2021)
NSET
makes public its 10-year strategic plan (kh
01/10/2021)
Give
them succour : A rehabilitation programme, similar to
the one carried out after the 2015 quake, is needed to
bring normalcy to the area (ht 28/09/2021)
Six
Persons Killed Due To Drowning In Saptari In Five Days
(rn 26/09/2021)
Transport
entrepreneurs call for opening obstructed highways
(kh 23/09/2021)
Nepal
sees 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths in last 24 hours
: Kathmandu Valley witnesses 564 fresh coronavirus cases
(kh 22/09/2021)
Three
members of a family killed after landslide buries house
in Gulmi (kh 22/09/2021)
Landslide-damaged
Baglung road yet to be repairedAt least Rs 2.4 million
is needed to repair the road but the authority
concerned says it does not have the required
budget, by Prakash Baral (kp 22/09/2021
Landslide
disrupts Prithvi Highway (kh 21/09/2021)
Landslide
blocks Dumre-Bensisahar roadway (kh 21/09/2021)
Lightning
kills 1, injures 3 in Baglung (kh 21/09/2021)
Earthquake
jolts Darchula (kh 20/09/2021)
Community-operated
warnings: Way to minimise flood damage, by Atul
Bhattarai (ht 17/09/2021)
An
urban horror story : Nepal’s cities are a disaster
waiting to happen. What can we do about it?, by
Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 17/09/2021)
Darchula
school running its classes from tents after last year’s
floods and landslides : Around 124 students of Samaiji
Basic School have been affected as they do not have
proper classrooms, by Manoj Badu (kp 17/09/2021)
Drowning
in the deluge : Seasonal flooding in Kathmandu is
getting worse due to various human-made factors,
including climate change, haphazard development, poor
urban planning, and improper drainage, by Shuvam
Rizal (rec 15/09/2021)
Monsoon-induced
disasters: 33 people die in Gandaki State this year :
Flood survivors in Gandaki receive over Rs 12 million in
relief support (kh 15/09/2021)
41
houses in Bhimad bazaar at risk of landslide (ht
14/09/2021)
Preparedness
saves lives in disasters : Local solutions should be
encouraged in all development plans and budgets of
municipalities, by Azmat Ulla (kp 13/09/2021)
Cash
and medical supplies handed over to flood-hit families
(kh 12/09/2021)
Landslide
incurs loss of Rs 50 mln on Mid-Hill Highway (kh
12/09/2021)
Tremor
felt in hilly districts of Sudurpashchim (kh
11/09/2021)
Flood
Victims Of Banke Living In Forests For 30 Years, by
Siraj Khan (rn 11/09/2021)
Disruption
of Mid Hill Highway affects hill districts of GandakiThe
highway has been blocked by at least 20 major
landslides, cutting off supply lines, by Agandhar
Tiwari, Prakash Baral and Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 09/09/2021)
Landslides
threaten to sweep away Sindhupalchok school : Most of
the students have stopped attending their classes which
resumed only a few days ago, by Anish Tiwari (kp
08/09/2021)
Rain
and havoc : For the people living besides the Bagmati in
Teku, every year the monsoon brings much devastation.
And as local authorities do little to help, residents
have no one to turn to but themselves, by Deewash
Shrestha (rec 07/09/2021) [photo essay]
Not
just rains, poor urban planning causing flash floods in
Kathmandu : Rampant river encroachment, unmanaged
constructions and bad drainage to blame, experts say,
by Anup Ojha and Shuvam Dhungana (kp 07/09/2021), Midnight
flash flood wreak havoc in valley : 400 houses inundated
Kathmandu records highest rainfall in last 13 years,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 07/09/2021), Valley
sees heavy inundation as the land could not absorb water
(rep 07/09/2021), Settlements
of squatters in Bhaktapur inundated due to heavy
rainfall, by Krishna Kisi (rep 07/09/2021)
Flood-displaced
families in Darchula local unit see no hope for
resettlementFive individuals were killed, two others
injured and several families displaced in the August 29
floods, by Manoj Badu (kp 07/09/2021)
Landslide
disrupts Muglin-Naubise road section (kh 07/09/2021)
Valley
receives heavy rainfall; 385 houses inundated (kh
06/09/2021), Torrential
Rain Inundates Several Places In Kathmandu (rn
06/09/2021), Roads
of Kathmandu Valley inundated by a single nightlong
rainfall (rep 06/09/2021), Nearly
400 houses in Kathmandu inundated after overnight
rainfall : Water levels in various rivers have risen
unprecedentedly (kp 06/09/2021), Flood
washes away powerhouse for Darkhola II micro hydropower
project in Myagdi (kh 06/09/2021), Six
dead in sudden heavy rainfall in different districts
(kh 06/09/2021), Two
killed in landslide in Rolpa (kh 06/09/2021)
Seven
Injured In Lightning Strike, A Dozen Of Properties
Damaged (rn 06/09/2021)
Pouring
destruction Floods will be recurring tragedies if we do
not act on them immediately (kp 06/09/2021)
Landslide
disrupts Helambu Highway (kh 06/09/2021)
Landslide
causes damage to school (kh 06/09/2021)
Dhobi
Khola swells up due to heavy rain in Valley (kh
06/09/2021)
The
hill of Helambu continues to slide down (kh
05/09/2021), The
Hill Of Helambu Continues To Slide Down, Koshi And
Kamala Directing Towards Settlements, by Narayan
Dhungana (rn 05/09/2021)
Landslides
obstruct vehicular movement on Pokhara-Baglung road
section : Patients with serious illnesses or injuries
needing immediate care have been hit hard, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 05/09/2021)
Death
toll from Parbat landslides climbs to 11 (kh
04/09/2021), Parbat
landslides kill at least 11 people, power outage
throughout district : Multiple landslides have
obstructed road connectivity in the district, by Lal
Prasad Sharma and Agandhar Tiwari (kp 04/09/2021)
Swollen
Koshi waters erode spurs in Saptari : Spur number 9.79
at Banarjhula in Tilathi Koiladi has been seeing
continuous erosion over the last few days, by
Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 04/09/2021)
Sindhupalchok
flood victims migrate out of the district to seek
livelihood : Around 700 flood-displaced families of
Helambu and Melamchi have moved to other cities since
the disaster, by Anish Tiwari (kp 03/09/2021)
Palpa-Butwal
road to be closed (kh 03/09/2021), Landslide
obstructs Narayanghat-Muglin road section (kh
03/09/2021), Five
killed, three missing in Parbat landslides (kh
03/09/2021), At
least nine people dead in separate incidents of floods
and landslides : Road sections in Pokhara of Gandaki
Province have started to cave in after continuous
rainfalls for the last few days, by Durgalal KC abd
Deepak Pariyar (kp 03/09/2021)
Two
killed, two others go missing after Scorpio car swept
away in Dang (kh 02/09/2021), Four
women die when Sisne rivulet sweeps away a car in Dang
(kh 02/09/2021), Three
killed, one go missing in Kaski landslides (kh
02/09/2021), Five
dead, one missing in Pokhara landslide, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 02/09/2021)
Monsoon-induced
calamity claims 15 lives in five days (kh
01/09/2021)
Landslide
leaves one dead, three injured (kh 01/09/2021)
Bajura
cut off from national road network for two monthsFloods
and landslides since mid-June have damaged the
Sanfe-Martadi road section at several places, by
Arjun Shah (kp 01/09/2021)
Landslides
obstruct most rural roads in Rasuwa (kh 01/09/2021)
Floods,
landslides continue to wreak havoc Three persons died,
two others have gone missing in Duhun Rural Municipality
of Darchula district in the past 24 hours, by Manoj
Badu (kp 31/08/2021)
Koshi
River’s Water Discharge Fluctuating (rn 31/08/2021)
Melamchi’s
misfortune is far from over : Two months ago,
unprecedented floods brought about much destruction to
Melamchi but residents have largely been left to fend
for themselves, by Marissa Taylor (rec 30/08/2021)
Irate
locals padlock Gaindakot municipality after recurring
inundation (kh 30/08/2021)
Hundreds
of Valley-bound vehicles stranded as landslide blocks
road at Nagdhunga (kh 30/08/2021), Floods
and landslides induced by ‘Bhadaure Jhari’ claim 12 in
last four days (kh 30/08/2021), 1
killed, three missing in Darchula landslide (kh
30/08/2021), Floods,
landslides obstruct foot trails in northern Gorkha :
Chhekampar and Chumchet have been cut off from rest of
the district, disrupting supply of food and daily
essentials, by Hariram Upreti (kp 30/08/2021), Nine
dead, 90,000 affected as heavy rains over past three
days trigger floods, landslide : sMeteorological office
predicts heavy rainfall in Province 1, Bagmati, Gandaki
and parts of Sudurpaschim until Tuesday, by Anup
Ojha (kp 30/08/2021), Three
killed due to flood, landslide (kh 30/08/2021),
Loss of life, property : As the monsoon is still active,
we can expect more loss of life and damage to property
and physical infrastructures (ht 30/08/2021)
Nearly
120 people feared dead this monsoon (ht 29/08/2021),
94
people killed, 44 others missing in monsoon-induced
disasters (kh 29/08/2021)
Monsoon-induced
disaster: 3,000 houses inundated, 900 damaged (kh
29/08/2021)
Dozens
of houses waterlogged in Siraha (kh 28/08/2021), Helambu
Highway blocked again (kh 29/08/2021), Incessant
rainfall hits life in Jhapa (ht 29/08/2021), At
Least Three People Killed, Three Injured, by Aashish
Mishra (rn 29/08/2021), Hetauda-
Kathmandu Road Blocked Again (rn 29/08/2021), Landslide
destroys houses in Butwal (rep 29/08/2021), Landslip
blocks Palpa-Butwal road since 24 hours (kh
30/08/2021)
Red
light turns on as water flow increases in Saptakoshi
River (kh 28/08/2021), Saptakoshi
River records highest water-level of this year (rep
29/08/2021)
Floods
and inundations induced by ‘Bhadaure Jhari’ kill five
people across country : Weather to gradually improve
from today (kh 28/08/2021), Scores
of houses inundated in Siraha after flood in Kamala
River, administration issues alert (ht 28/08/2021),
Five
Die, Four Go Missing In Fresh Rain Disasters (rn
28/08/2021), Continuous
rainfall inundates settlements in Tarai districts : More
than a thousand people have been displaced and several
have gone missing with a few reported deaths, by
Bhawani Bhatta, Ganesh Chaudhary and Sunita Baral (kp
28/08/2021)
Woman
killed, girl missing in Lalitpur (kh 28/08/2021)
Upper
Marsyangdi ‘A’ to remain inoperative for three more
months (rep 28/08/2021)
Landslide-blocked
Rahughat stream finds outlet but danger not over yet,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 27/08/2021)
High
risk of Karnali River entering village (rep
27/08/2021)
Ratu
River has inundated around 900 houses in Tilgadh since
Thursday night : The settlement in Balwa Municipality-4
is one of the most affected areas by floods every year
(kp 27/08/2021)
Landslide
blocks Narayangadh-Muglin road (kh 27/08/2021), East-West
Highway disrupted in Nawalparasi East (kh
27/08/2021), Traffic
disruptions in Helambu Highway, Narayanghat-Muglin
section (kh 27/08/2021), Incessant
rain inundates most parts of West Nawalparasi including
district HQ (kh 27/08/2021), Three
missing in landslide in Nawalparasi (East) : In
Nawalparasi (West), at least 200 houses have been
inundated after floodwaters from Jharahi, Turiya and
Panbhar rivers entered settlements (kp 27/08/2021)
Disaster
preparedness sorely lacking in Karnali Province : Floods
and landslides take lives and ravage properties in the
province every year. Many people say the severity can be
mitigated by prioritising preparedness, by Chandan
Kathayat (kp 26/08/2021)
Melamchi
floods leave Helambu residents in hardship, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 26/08/2021)
663
houses in Tanahun at risk of flooding (kh
25/08/2021)
Multiple
landslides leave Pyuthan’s Damri at high riskAround 70
households are at risk and need immediate relocation,
officials say, by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 24/08/2021)
Why
does the earth surface in Pokhara cave in from time to
time?, by Santosh Pokhrel (rep 24/08/2021)
Mahakali
Highway Obstructed For A Week (rn 24/08/2021)
Saptari
flood victims crying for relief (kh 23/08/2021)
Flood
Sweeps Away One House, Leaves 45 More At Risk (rn
23/08/2021)
Myagdidslides
Sweep Away Water Pipelines Leading To Water Shortage In
Bagarphant Village (rn 23/08/2021)
Health
supplies for flood survivors in Melamchi (kh
22/08/2021)
34
houses at risk of landslides in Melamchi (rep
22/08/2021)
Landslide
debris blocks river in Bajhang, triggers flood threats :
Continuous landslide at Githine cliff in Bungal
Municipality has hindered work to safely channelise the
blocked river, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
21/08/2021)
As
monsoon rain damages rural roads, normal life badly
affected in Rolpa (kh 20/08/2021)
Six
houses at high risk of landslides (rep 20/08/2021)
Landslides
obstruct Jaya Prithvi Highway (kh 20/08/2021)
35
houses inundated as Saptakoshi flood enters Gobargadha :
Two washed away (kh 20/08/2021), Koshi
River inundates Gobargadha settlement (ht
21/08/2021)
Flood
sweeps away three more houses in Melamchi (kh
18/08/2021)
Flood
in Saptari's Jita River inundates 150 houses (ht
18/08/2021)
Disaster
victims still awaiting grant to build houses in Dhankuta
(ht 18/08/2021)
Melamchi
disaster : Lesson for municipal governments, by
Mahesh KC (ht 17/08/2021)
Each
flood-affected family in Manang to get Rs 2,00,000
(kh 17/08/2021)
Over
150 houses in Bajura at risk of dry landslide (kh
16/08/2021)
Geological
study finds 13 settlements of Bahrabise at high risk of
landslides, floods : The study team has recommended the
relocation of 5,000 households in several settlements
that are at risk, by Anish Tiwari (kp 16/8/2021)
150
families abandon village in Dolakha due to landslides
(rep 15/08/2021)
Human
settlements inundated in Dhangadi (ht 14/08/2021)
Continuous
erosion of Shreelanka Tappu leaves locals worried
(ht 14/08/2021)
IOM
plans to train all 753 local level officials in Nepal on
disaster risk reduction, management (rep 14/08/2021)
Incessant
Rains-Triggered Landslide, River Erosion Result In
Massive Loss In Melamchi (rn 13/08/2021), 'Multiple
natural calamities caused Melamchi havoc' (ht
16/08/2021)
Landslide
displaces scores of families in Dolakha (kh
13/08/2021)
Four
houses affected by landslides in Rasuwa (rep
13/08/2021)
Lightning
strikes kill two in Gulmi (kh 12/08/2021)
Earthquake
jolts Udayapur (kh 12/08/2021)
Eight
villages at high risk of Seti River erosion (kh
10/08/2021)
Heavy
rain forecast; floods likely in Karnali, Kankai, Bagmati
and Rapti (kh 09/08/2021)
Two
drinking water projects damaged (kh 08/08/2021)
Seven
Years On, Jure Landslide Victims Awaiting Relief Amount,
by Bidur Acharya (rn 08/08/2021)
Fire
breaks out at Balaju Industrial Area : Helicopter being
used to douse fire (kh 07/08/2021)
Kodari
Highway section near Tatopani border collapses,
disrupting vehicular movement : With the highway section
rendered impassable, dozens of container trucks have
been stranded in the Miteripul area, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 06/08/2021)
What
experts could be missing about causes of
Helambu-Melamchi floods and landslides, by Kunga
Hyolmo (rep 06/08/2021)
Kathmandu’s
‘flash floods’ are 4 decades in the making : There is
nothing sudden about the floods in Kathmandu Valley, and
they will get worse, by Tom Robertson (nt
06/08/2021)
Helambu
Highway disrupted (kh 06/08/2021)
Taal
folks waiting to be resettled (kh 05/08/2021)
Flood
sweeps away Surma road section (kh 04/08/2021)
Chhangru,
Tinkar cut off from district headquarters, by Manoj
Badu (kp 04/08/2021)
Multiple
reasons triggered devastating floods and landslides in
Melamchi: Report (rep 04/08/2021)
Landslide
destroys suspension bridge in Gorkha (rep
04/08/2021)
Landslide
victims in Lamjung hopeful of receiving housing
reconstruction aid : Landslides triggered by heavy rains
swept away 21 houses in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality on
July 20 and 22 last year, by Aash Gurung (kp
04/08/2021)
Misery
repeats : A thorough study of the mountains is needed to
ascertain the cause of landslides and floods in
different parts of Nepal (ht 03/08/2021)
Govt
to send team to Melamchi to conduct geological survey
(rep 03/08/2021)
Deluge
in Nepal and India: Need of micro initiatives, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 02/08/2021)
Water
level in Melamchi River rises to an alarming level :
People move to safe places (kh 01/08/2021), Radio
Melamchi office building swept away (kh 01/08/2021),
13
houses swept away by Melamchi floods (kh
01/08/2021),
Melamchi flood sweeps away 17 more houses (rep
01/08/2021), Flood
sweeps away 60 houses and sheds, Bahunepati bridge at
risk (kh 02/08/2021), Flooding
again ravages Melamchi; millions of rupees worth of
property damage (kh 02/08/2021), Melamchi
River sweeps away seven more houses : Washes away 67
houses so far (kh 03/08/2021), Melamchi
municipality appeals not to reside at high risk homes
(kh 04/08/2021)
Landslides
threaten dozens of settlements (ht 29/07/2021)
Encroachment
of Kathmandu Valley’s rivers and poor drainage worsen
inundation : Experts say improving the drainage system
is the only way to address the problem of annual
floodings, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/07/2021)
‘Nature
is more cruel to poor people’ (kh 27/07/2021)
Embankment
work halted due to shortage of stones : Several
settlements along the Karnali river are at risk of
inundation in the absence of an embankment, by
Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 27/07/2021)
Lessons
for poor nations as extreme weather events afflict rich
countries : Experts say the developed world, whose
affluence is enabled by what has caused global warming,
must pay attention to help others to deal with the
climate crisis, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/07/2021)
Melamchi
flood survivors meet PM Deuba, requesting for relief
(kh 26/07/2021)
Eight
households displaced by landslides (kh 25/07/2021)
Settlements
across Kathmandu Valley at risk of floods (rep
25/07/2021)
Nepal
among countries most vulnerable to drowning: WHO (ht
23/7/2021)
2,000
houses inundated in Udayapur (ht 23/07/2021)
Floods
damage arable land in Pyuthan every monsoon : Farmers in
Pyuthan Municipality are seeking government help to
protect their fields that the Jhimruk river has been
turning into dry desolate land, by Shamdher Bikram
GC (kp 23/07/2021)
Tremor
felt in Valley (kh 23/07/2021)
Inundation
a perennial issue in Dhangadhi : Encroachment of
riverside areas and absence of canals obstruct the flow
of water, causing inundation, officials say, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 22/07/2021)
Kamala
river breaches embankment in DhanushaThe breach has put
several settlements in the district at risk, according
to officials, by Santosh Singh (kp 22/07/2021)
61
people were killed in the first month of monsoon this
year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/07/2021)
Public
transportation resumes; roads still blocked (kh
20/07/2021)
Incessant
rainfall damages country’s oldest canal (kh
20/07/2021)
Erosion
puts human settlement at risk in Bajura (ht
19/07/2021)
Flood
Victims Provided With Food Stuffs, Sanitary Materials,
Dignity Kits (rn 19/07/2021)
Dreams
washed away by floods and landslide, by Subhadra
Dhital (rep 19/07/2021)
Silgadhi-Bajhang
road obstructed (kh 18/07/2021)
Security
personnel fail to channelise Darchula river damAt least
18 homes in Naugad Rural Municipality are at risk of
inundation, by Manoj Badu (kp 17/07/2021)
Salyan
unprepared to tackle monsoon disastersAround 500
families in the district are vulnerable to
monsoon-related disasters this year, authorities say,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 17/07/2021)
Continuous
rainfall affects normal life in several districts,
by Mohan Bushaair (kp 16/07/2021)
Govt
aids disaster victims for house construction (ht
16/07/2021)
Municipal
areas in Kailali district inundated with monsoon-fed
river entering human settlement (ht 16/07/2021)
Landslides
are at the heart of Nepal’s climate vulnerability,
by Shuvam Rizal (rec 15/07/2021)
Flood
and landslide dam river threatening Darchula villages :
Fifteen families in Naugad Rural Municipality are at
risk of inundation, local residents say, by Manoj
Badu (kp 15/07/2021)
Disaster
and climate risks and sectoral development planning,
by Bimal Gadal (rep 15/07/2021)
How
to reduce disaster risks : Nepal’s disaster management
models should be proactive, but it is still reactive,
by Roshan Kumar Chhetri (kp 14/07/2021)
Four
Tikapur wards in peril (ht 14/07/2021)
As
many as 42 houses at high risk of landslide in
Thulogaun, Rolpa : Several settlements in Rolpa
Municipality are prone to landslides every monsoon
but nothing has been done to prevent this yearly
crisis, local people say, by Kashiram Dangi (kp
13/07/2021)
‘No
govt relief so far for disaster-hit Manang’ (rep
13/07/2021)
Four
wards at high risk as Karnali River continues erosion
(kh 13/07/2021)
Flood
survivors receive support from Nepalis abroad (kh
12/07/2021)
Flood-damaged
Lower Modi-1 hydel project begins power production
(kh 12/07/2021)
7
houses face risk of landslides, agricultural field of 30
families destroyed (rep 11/07/2021)
Five
years on, Phopli landslide victims yet to receive any
helpThe landslide of July 25, 2016 killed 27 individuals
and displaced around 200 families, by Shamsher
Bikram GC (kp 11/07/2021)
Flood
survivors to be provided Rs 50,000 assistance each
household (kh 11/07/2021)
Nepal
must pursue inundation issues with India year round,
observers say : It is only during flooding in monsoon
that authorities take up this perennial problem and even
then the southern neighbour continues to ignore concerns,
by Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 11/07/2021)
Huge
fire in a glass house in Bhairahawa, property worth Rs
50 million gutted (rep 11/07/2021)
Monsoon
mayhem: Nepal continues to record loss of lives and
properties (kh 10/07/2021)
Monsoon
mayhem: Flood, landslide and inundation kill 51 across
country (kh 09/07/2021), Monsoon
rains continue to take lives and destroy property across
country : At least seven people were killed and several
others injured in monsoon-related incidents in the last
24 hours, by Manoj Badu (kp 09/07/2021)
The
Kosi’s sorrow, and scope : Exploring Nepal’s largest
river during a destructive monsoon, by Kanak Mani
Dixit (nt 09/07/2021)
Drones
to the rescue in Melamchi : UAV surveillance in
immediate aftermath of the flood was a test case for
future disaster response (nt 09/07/2021)
Valley
slums face torrential problems : Abandoned by the
government and harassed by the monsoon rains, slum
dwellers lack shelter when they need it most, by
Aishwarya Baidar (rec 09/07/2021)
One
killed, other missing after landslide buries five houses
in Palpa (kh 08/07/2021), 84
houses inundated as swollen Kankai enters Milan Basti in
Jhapa (kh 08/07/2021), Landslide
kills three, sweeps away hydropower in Darchula (kh
08/07/2021), Two
persons including infant killed in rain-triggered
incidents (kh 08/07/2021)
Landslide-displaced
families left in the lurch (ht 08/07/2021)
4.2
magnitude earthquake shakes Lamjung (kh 07/07/2021)
Three
missing as swollen rivulet sweeps away vehicle in Parbat
(kh 07/07/2021), Two
dead, three missing in floods, landslides in Gandaki :
Vehicular movement along several road sections has been
obstructed due to landslides, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
08/07/2021)
Rain-induced
disasters damage infrastructure worth millions (ht
07/07/2021)
Flood
leaves one dead, other disappeared (kh 07/07/2021)
33
houses in Parbat village at high risk of landslide
(kh 06/07/2021)
Melamchi
disaster aftermath: Challenges and sustainable solutions,
by Ramesh Kumasr Chaudhary and Ishwar Joshi (ht
06/07/2021)
Over
a dozen villages flooded in Mahottari as local rivers
swell after downpour (rep 05/07/2021)
Tremor
felt in Valley (kh 05/07/2021)
38
people killed in monsoon-induced disasters in 20 days
(kh 04/07/2021)
Six
die in rain-related incidents in three districts :
Around 500 houses have been inundated at several
settlements of Saptari district in the past few days,
by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 04/07/2021), Flood
damages houses, inundates settlements in Mahottari
(rep 04/0/2021), Narayangarh-Mugling
road section blocked by landslides again (rep
04/07/2021)
Janakpur
Sub-Metropolitan City inundated (kh 04/07/2021)
Landslide
disrupts Narayangadh-Muglin road section (kh
04/04/2021)
More
than 300 homes inundated in Province 1 (kh
04/07/2021)
Seven
houses displaced after landslide risk (kh
04/07/2021)
Nepal
received above normal rainfall inJune causing disasters
: Officials warn of more extreme weather events
with nearly three months of monsoon remaining,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/07/2021)
Landslides
at 7 places along Prithvi Highway; 5 trucks buried, 2
killed (kh 03/07/2021)
30
sluices opened as water flow crosses 200,000 cusec in
Saptakoshi (kh 03/07/2021), Water
level rising in Koshi river, 500 houses inundated in
Saptari (kh 03/07/2021)
4.1-magnitude
quake jolts far-western region (kh 03/07/2021)
Flood
in Marsyangdi river collapses a suspension bridge
(kh 02/07/2021)
Floods
and landslides in Nepal: Causes, consequences, and ways
forward, by Anil Aryal and Bijay Man Shakya (rep
02/07/2021)
34
people die in monsoon-caused disasters since June 13
(rep 02/07/2021)
Dozens
of settlements inundated in Parsa district (kh
02/07/2021, Six
dead, three missing as floods, landslides hit several
districts : Rain-swollen rivers enter settlements and
wreak havoc in various parts of the country, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel and Samjhana Rasaili (kp 02/07/2021),
Monsoon
triggered flood and landslide disrupt transport in
Makwanpur (kh 02/07/2021), Floods,
landslides throw life out of gear (ht 02/07/2021)
Vehicular
movement along Narayanghat-Muglin road disrupted (kh
02/07/2021)
Two
buried to death, three injured in Tanahun landslides :
Concrete bridge swept away (kh 01/07/2021)
Melamchi
sees rise in water level yet again; safety alerts issued
(kh 01/07/2021)
Prithvi
Highway obstructed in several places (kh 01/07/2021)
Lumbini
turns to bamboo to tame rivers : Bamboo plantation
campaign underway in all 12 districts of the province to
form biological embankments in order to prevent
erosion and flood, by Madhab Aryal (kp 01/07/2021)
Floods
sweep away Chhabdi Khola bridge in Tanahun (kh
01/07/2021), Landslides
in Tanahun claims two lives as heavy rainfall continues,
highways blocked as well (rep 01/07/2021)
Landslides
disrupt Narayangadh-Muglin road section (kh
01/07/2021)
Landslides
obstruct Prithvi Highway (kh 30/06/2021)
Forecasts
for smaller areas could minimise damage and save lives,
experts sayForecasts for larger areas don’t help
communities prepare much. With more resources for
technology and research, predictions can be more
specific, meteorologists suggest, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 30/06/2021)
Water
level reaches danger mark in Kamala River (kh
30/06/2021)
Lightning
kills three in Saptari (kh 29/06/2021)
Several
settlements in hill districts of Lumbini at high risk of
landslides : Haphazard construction of roads using heavy
machinery is also one of the leading causes behind
landslides, officials say, by Shamsher Bikram GC (kp
29/06/2021)
Efforts
on to bring flooded Marsyangdi River to natural course
(kh 29/06/2021)
Landslide
displaces 94 families in Bajura (kh 28/06/2021)
Biggest
Killer After Earthquake, But Neglected, by Shreeram
Sharma and Prem Raj Dhungel (rn 28/06/2021)
Monsoon
mayhem: Swollen Indrawati sweeps away 3-story house in
Melamchi Bazaar (kh 26/06/2021)
Riverbank
settlements in Bardiya at high risk of floods : Lack of
permanent embankments on river is giving sleepless
nights to residents, by Kamal Panthi (kp 26/06/2021)
Flood,
landslide havoc in Nepal: Caused by abandoning tradition,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 25/06/2021)
After
the deluge in Nepal : Danger still lurks, as Melamchi
picks up the pieces after last week’s great flood,
by Amit Machamasi (nt 25/06/2021), The
last bridge connecting Helambu to rest of the world in
bad shape (rep 25/06/2021)
Floods
likely in Kankai, Koshi, Kamala and Bagmati rivers
(kh 25/06/2021)
Floods
continue to wreak havoc in Manang, by Aash Gurung
(kp 25/06/2021)
Eight
years on, Mahakali flood victims still to be compensated
: People from all over the country had raised money for
the flood-victims in 2013. But with no proper audit,
there has been no accounting of around Rs 400 million
raised for the victims, by Shivraj Bhatta and Sundar
Singh Dhami (ae 24/06/2021)
Nepal
Floods: Same story, different year, by Cilla Khatry
(ae 24/06/2021), Floods
in Nepal: A recurring nightmare, by Cilla Khatry (ae
24/06/2021)
Survivors
of Melamchi floods wait to see missing family members,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 24/06/2021)
Melamchi
suffers damage worth Rs 1bn : Repairing structures of
the project could take a long time (ht 24/06/2021)
Floods
reoccur in Indrawati and Melamchi rivers (kh
23/06/2021)
Melamchi
tries to rise from flood residue (photo feature), by
Monika Malla (rep 23/06/2021)
28
local level wards at high risk of landslide in Baglung
(kh 23/06/2021)
Three
killed as landslide damages a house, by Dinesh
Subedi (rep 23/06/2021)
River
basin management: Balance development and environment,
by Sanjay Giri and Nagendra Kayastha (ht 23/06/2021
Manang’s
Naso Rural Municipality setting up temporary office at
Besisahar after flood : Dharapani, the administrative
headquarters of the rural municipality, was badly
damaged by the flooded Marsyangdi river in the second
week of June, by Aash Gurung (kp 23/6/2021)
Mock
flood practice conducted along Karnali river corridor
(kh 23/06/2021)
Settlements
in Chure foothills at high risk of flood, landslide :
Conservationists blame exploitation of forest and
riverbed materials in the Chure region for the incidents
of floods and landslides occurring frequently in recent
years, by Bhawani Bhatta and Mohan Budhaair (kp
23/06/2021) [This demonstrates
once again the irresponsible politics and plans of the
Oli government!]
Monsoon-induced
disaster claims 20 lives; 806 rescued (kh
22/06/2021), More
than 40 people feared dead in monsoon related disasters
in one week (ht 22/06/2021)
Bhote
Koshi floods pose threat to several hydropower projects
(kh 22/06/2021)
Flood
survivors in Kanchanpur face hand-to-mouth problem
(rep 21/06/2021)
24
houses damaged in Humla due to landslides (kh
21/06/2021)
Haphazard
construction of roads increases risk (ht 21/06/2021)
Swollen
Mahakali inundates settlements in Kanchanpur : Floods
have displaced more than 35 families in the district and
damaged a 100-metre road section and an
under-construction bridge, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
21/06/2021), Landslides
obstruct rural roads in Achham, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 21/06/2021)
Tamakoshi
riverside settlements at risk of inundation as tributary
is dammed up : Ramechhap and Sindhuli district
administrations also alert people living close to the
river against possible floods, by Kedar Shiwakoti
(kp 20/06/2021)
Massive
landslide in Himalayas of Helambu caused devastating
flash flood downstream (rep 20/06/2021)
Families
displaced by Melamchi floods refuse Covid-19 tests
fearing separation : Around 600 people in Melamchi and
400 in Helambu are living in makeshift camps for
flood displaced, by Arjun Poudel (kp 20/06/2021)
17
killed in natural disasters in a week (kh
20/06/2021)
Water
flow in Mahakali expected to reach a ‘danger line’
(kh 20/06/2021). Swollen
Mahakali: Eight houses inundated; dam of an
under-construction bridge washed away (kh
20/06/2021)
People
living along river banks cautioned as landslide blocks
Tamakoshi (kh 19/06/2021), Fear
of flash flood downstream as massive landslide blocks
Tamakoshi River on the Chinese side of the border,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 19/0/2021), Chinese
team clearing landslip at Tibet’s Rongsi River that
joins Tamakoshi in Dolakha (kh 19/06/2021), Reservoir
being emptied to mitigate risk of floods in Tamakoshi :
The district administration of Dolakha released a notice
on Friday night citing Chinese authorities’ warning of
floods (kp 19/06/2021)
Mountain
districts are receiving more rainfall this monsoon :
Manang sets a new record for daily rain,
witnessing heavy flooding. Meteorologists say the
phenomenon is unprecedented for an otherwise dry region,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/06/2021)
Mahakali
crosses danger level; police alert people of disaster
risk (kh 19/06/2021), Rise
in water level of Mahakali river puts several
settlements at risk of flooding : Rural roads in
Darchula district have been disrupted due to floods and
landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, by Manoj
Badu (kp 19/06/2021)
Floods
break down police post, wash away ward office in Helambu
(kh 19/06/2021), Fresh
flash flood in Melamchi River sweeps away school and
police station in Helambu, by Kunga Hyolmo (rep
19/06/2021)
Decade
of disasters : Our challenges have grown due to climate
change, geological conditions and misguided policies
(kp 18/06/2021)
Death
and devastation with the arrival of the monsoon, by
Marissa Taylor (rec 18/06/2021)
Monsoon
fury : By building houses on the banks of rivers that
flood during heavy rains, the residents were waiting for
disaster to happen (ht 18/06/2021)
Floods
and landslides block 31 road sections, by Himal
Lamsal (rep 18/06/2021)
Govt
directs to distribute relief thru one door system
(kh 18/06/2021)
Monsoon
mayhem: Two perish in Doti landslide, one in Kalikot
(kh 18/06/2021)
Nepal
floods: 15 dead, 25 missing, 11 injured in past four
days (kh 18/06/2021)
Seven
persons still missing after rainstorm in Jaljala
highlands (kh 18/06/2021)
More
than 100 villages in Bajura at flood and landslide risk
(kh 18/06/2021)
Floods,
landslides inflict damage and disruptions in various
districts : Power and communication outages snag relief
and rescue work in Melamchi and Helambu areas, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 18/06/2021)
Flood
devastation in Melamchi not only because of rains :
Experts say the mayhem in the first week of monsoon is
quite concerning and with ‘above normal’ rainfall
predicted this time, the situation could go worse,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/06/2021)
Floods
and landslides damages 26 hydropower projects, multiple
road sections, by Himal Lamsal (rep 17/06/2021)
Flood-fed
Kaligandaki put Beni Bazaar at high risk of erosion
(kh 17/06/2021)
Flood
takes away under construction bridge (rep
17/06/2021)
250-member
rescue team flies to flood-hit Melamchi (kh
16/06/2021), Massive
floods and landslides in Melamchi; scores feared missing
(in pics) (kh 16/06/2021), More
than 50 people missing in Melamchi and Indrawati floods:
Minister Tamang (kh 16/06/2021), Melamchi
flood: Seven found dead; search and rescue operations
continue (kh 16/06/2021), Melamchi
flood: Two people stranded on roof-top of a hotel
rescued (kh 16/06/2021), Govt
to mobilize all state machineries for relief and rescue
operations (kh 16/06/2021), IN
PICS: Flood wreaks havoc in Melamchi (rep
16/06/2021), Destruction
caused by floodwaters in Melamchi bazaar : Seven people
have died, scores of houses, two concrete motorable
bridges and around half a dozen suspension bridges were
swept away (kp 16/06/2021), Bodies
of seven people missing in Sindhupalchok flood recovered
: Floodwaters from the Melamchi River entered
settlements causing damage to houses and bridges in the
Melamchi bazaar area (kp 16/06/2021), Eight
staffers of Melamchi project missing in Melamchi floods
(kh 17/06/2021), 20
including six foreigners missing in Melamchi and Helambu
floods (kh 17/06/2021), Four
among 20 missing in Melamchi floods come into contact;
one found dead (kh 17/06/2021)
Monsoon-triggered
floods wash away 15 houses in Lamjung (kh
16/06/2021), 14
houses swept away, 50 at risk in Lamjung (rep
16/06/2021)
Four
cattle herders stranded in Rapti river rescued after 12
hrs (kh 16/06/2021)
Manang
flood sweeps away many offices including police post and
banks (kh 16/06/2021)
Floods
and landslides wreak havoc across the country : Rivers
swollen by incessant rainfall in last two days have
displaced hundreds of people, by Aash Gurung (kp
16/06/2021)
Woman
dies when a rivulet sweeps her away (kh 16/06/2021)
Government
says it has plan to tackle monsoon disasters, but local
units are not assured : With rainfall expected to be
above normal this year, authorities say they are better
prepared than last year. But experts say rather than
anticipatory plans, focus is on post disaster response,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/06/2021), River
management project announces inability to control floods
as monsoon arrives (kh 15/06/2021) [This
is the reality, Mr Oli!], Rain-triggered
floods inundate 30 houses in Manang (kh 15/06/2021),
Landslide
obstructs Pokhara-Baglung section of Madhya Pahadi
Lokmarg (kh 15/06/2021), Landslides
obstruct Bajura roads (ht 15/06/2021),
Landslide blocks Karnali Highway (kh 15/06/2021),
Flood causes cracks in East-West Highway in Rupandehi :
Transportation blocked in the highway (kh
15/06/2021)
Repair
works of damaged embankments at final stage : Floods in
Bagmati and Lalbakaiya rivers had breached embankments
and inundated settlements in Rautahat last year, by
Shiva Puri (kp 14/06/2021) [Great,
right before possible renewed damage! I guess that's
what you call timing.]
Landslide
obstructs Siddhartha Highway (kh 13/06/2021)
Every
year scores die by drowning, a silent catastrophe in the
countryDrowning of five girls in Dhanusha is a reminder.
Monsoon increases the risk. Ponds need to be
fenced and awareness raised to avoid such tragedies,
authorities say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
13/06/2021)
Displaced
people in Rautahat relocated after years (ht
12/06/2021)
No
more helicopter toursHundreds of Nepalis die in floods
every year, and we need to do things differently this
year (kp 11/06/2021)
Early
warning preparedness put in place for disaster
management (kh 10/06/2021)
Storm
damages houses, crops in Shuklagandaki (kh
08/06/2021)
Living
with a flood: Plight of squatter settlements, by
Yogendra Subedi and Kanchan Mani Dixit (kh 05/06/2021)
Rain
damages roads, school in Doti (kh 03/06/2021)
Rains
brought by cyclone Yaas send flood displaced scrambling
for shelter : Families displaced by last year’s flood in
Dhorpatan Municipality of Baglung yet to receive
government-announced relief, by Prakash Baral (kp
30/05/2021)
Tilkechaur
village in Udayapur at high risk as land starts caving
in : Frightened villagers have urged the local
government to move them to safety before the start of
monsoon, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 30/05/2021)
Earthquake
in Lamjung damages houses, animal sheds leaving several
injured : A 5.8 magnitude quake with epicentre at
Marshyangdi Rural Municipality hit the district early
Wednesday morning, by Aash Gurung (kp 19/05/2021), 5.8-magnitude
quake jolts west Nepal (kh 19/05/2021), 5.3-magnitude
quake strikes again with Lamjung’s Bhulbhule epicenter :
Third one occurs in an interval of 164 minutes (kh
19/05/2021), Four
injured, dozen houses collapse as three powerful quakes
jolt west Nepal : Tremors epicentered at Bhulbhule in
Lamjung (kh 19/05/2021), Lamjung
earthquake: 88 tremors occur in past 24 hours
(kh 20/05/2021)
Ending
the science-policy gap : There should be a science-based
policymaking process in disaster risk reduction, by
Shrijan Bahadur Malla (kp 16/05/2021)
Wildfire
in Rolpa destroys 25 houses : At least 100 households in
Hyang, Kareti, Gunam, Sakhi and Sarpal are at risk of
getting caught in the fire, by kashi Ram Dangi (kp
28/04/2021)
Wildfire
rages in Sindhuli threatening nearby settlements :
Locals have begun evacuating from their homes as efforts
to douse the inferno have remained largely unsuccessful
(kp26/04/2021)
Government
to launch 10-year Disaster Resilient Nepal campaign
(ht 25/04/2021)
Sixth
Gorkha Earthquake Memorial Day being observed today
(rep 25/04/2021)
Property
worth Rs 60 lakh destroyed in blaze (ht 25/04/2021)
Windstorm
destroys crops worth over Rs 20 million in Jhapa (kh
23/04/2021)
Need
of Disaster Preparedness for Responding to Possible
Eventualities, by Jagadish Paudel (rep 21/04/2021)
Gandaki
Province ill-prepared for fire incidents Delayed
response, insufficient fire engines, shortage of workers
and lack of water refilling stations make disaster
mitigation difficult, by Prakash Baral (kp
20/04/2021)
Thunderbolts
getting deadlier each year as country remains unprepared
: The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology admits it
has not been able to fully utilise the only
weather radar to its potential, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 19/04/2021), When
lightning strikes : Technology and research is crucial
to enabling an early warning system that can save lives
(kp 20/04/2021)
Hailstorm
damages crops worth millions (ht 17/04/2021)
25
hectares forest affected by fire in Langtang National
park (kh 16/04/2021)
Multiple
wildfires destroy 293 hectares of forest in Bajura;
local authorities mum, by Prakash Singh (ht
13/04/2021)
Wildfires
reported in 60 forest areas in Kalikot (rep
12/04/2021)
Three
days on, wildfires rage in Palpa forests : The Division
Forest Office says fires have affected more than 1,500
hectares of forestland in the district since mid-March,
by Madhab Aryal (kp 10/04/2021)
Wildfire
spreads to human settlement, guts five houses (kh
10/04/2021)
Nepal
battles worst forest fires in years as air quality drops,
by Gopal Sharma (rep 10/04/2021)
Rs700
million secured to rebuild homes ravaged by monsoon last
year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/04/2021)
Better
prepared next time : Five lessons we can learn
from the Gorkha Earthquake to build safer
communities, by Jitendra Bothara (kp 09/04/2021)
Kathmandu
Valley witnesses around 500 instances of fire every year,
by Sabina arki (kh 09/04/2021)
Fire
Incidents Increase In Kanchanpur Forests (rn
09/04/2021)
Two
killed in Lumbini forest fire : Jungle fire in 368
places across the Province (kh 06/04/2021)
Highest
Number Of Wildfire Incidents Recorded This Year, by
Mukunda Ghaire (rn 06/04/2021)
Massive
fire destroys 120 houses in Narainapur : More than 68
families have been displaced by the fire that spread
throughout the settlement of thatched-roof houses,
by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 05/04/2021)
35
houses destroyed in Jumla fire (ht 04/04/2021)
Fire
victims in Tehrathum await rehabilitation : Thirty-five
people have been staying in makeshift tents since their
houses were destroyed in March 26 fire, by Chandra
Karki (kp 04/04/2021)
Students
at this Humla school take classes outdoors : The
building of Dharmodaya Secondary School has not been
rebuilt after it was destroyed by a landslide in 2019,
by Janak Bahadur Shahi (kp 03/04/2021)
Scaling
Up Social Protection Systems for Effective Disaster
Response (sp 02/04/2021)
Worsening
wildfires a reminder that the country lacks clear
policies : Despite their frequency, in which lives,
wildlife and hundreds of thousands of hectares of green
cover are lost, forest fire disasters have been largely
ignored by authorities, experts say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 31/03/2021)
Six
injured in cooking gas explosion in Bhaktapur, by
Krishna Kisi (rep 22/03/2021)
Fire
Breaks Out In Cow Farm, Kills 20 Cows (rn
19/03/2021)
Non-climate
cause of Nanda Devi flood : Although Himalayan disasters
pre-date climate change, it is smart to be prepared for
both, by Medha Gelli (nt 19/03/2021)
Budget
delay hampers reconstruction of houses destroyed last
monsoon : Displaced families wonder how long they will
have to live without proper roof above their heads,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/03/2021)
Forest
fire continues unabated in Okhaldhunga (kh
18/0372021)
Badabaika
residents initiate construction of embankment, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 17/03/2021)
Fire
safety planning : Give it due consideration, by
Rajib Dhakal and Keshab Sharma (ht 15/03/2021)
Massive
fire breaks out near NOC’s Dhangadhi oil depot (kh
06/03/2021)
Floods,
landslides plague people living on banks of Budhiganga,
by Arjun Shah and Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 05/03/2021)
Authorities
struggling to contain fire inside Rara National Park,
by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 04/03/2021)
Fire
at Dovan Bazaar in Taplejung destroys around three dozen
houses : The fire that started on Tuesday morning has
come under control to a certain extent but is yet to be
completely doused, by Ananda Gautam (kp 02/03/2021),
Fire
is almost under control, so far 49 houses gutted, by
Khagendra Adhikari (rep 02/03/2021), Dovan
Bazaar fire victims worried about resettlementThe (NCP)
party’s overA total of 324 people of 63 families have
been rendered homeless after a fire destroyed 50
houses at Dovan Bazaar in Taplejung last week, by
Ananda Gautam (kp 08/03/2021)
How
much do we really understand the Himalayas : Emerging
circumstances and risks require a thorough revisit of
our core problems, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp
26/02/2021)
Wildfire
raging in the forests of Manang districtSecurity
personnel along with local villagers have been working
tirelessly to douse the flames that started in a
forest on Thursday, by Aash Gurung (kp 14/02/2021)
Close
to bursting : We must prioritise monitoring of glacial
lakes and set up early warning systems (kp
10/02/2021)
India
glacier avalanche comes as a warning for Nepal : Several
glacial lakes are like ticking time bombs but the
country has failed to learn from its past experiences,
experts say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/02/2021), At
least 11 Nepalis still missing in Sunday’s Uttarakhand
glacial avalanche : The number of Nepali nationals
missing could rise as Indian authorities are yet to find
out further details of the missing persons, by
Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 09/02/2021)
5.4
magnitude earthquake hits Taplejung (rep 09/02/2021)
Landslide
blocks Mahakali River, locals urged to remain vigilant
(kh 02/02/2021)
Forest
fire still out of control in Manang (rep 30/01/2021)
Lessons
not learned from 2015 : The clock is ticking on the next
Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters,
by Sonia Awale (nt 15/01/2021)
Landslide
victims await relocationAlmost 700 houses were destroyed
and 1,771 partially damaged by landslides
triggered by heavy rainfall in Kalikot last year,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 14/01/2021)
4-magnitude
earthquake with Dolakha epicenter recorded (kh
14/01/2021)
4.2-magnitude
quake jolts far-western Nepal (kh 12/01/2021)
Families
of flood victims still living in tents (ht
06/01/2021)
Learning
From Pathivara Fire, by Bini Dahal (rn 01/01/2021)
Fire
rages on in Pathibhara forest area, by Ananda Gautam
(kp 31/12/2020)
As
winter bites, hardship of Lidi landslide survivors in
Sindhupalchok worsens, by Anish Tiwari (kp
24/12/2020)
Kailali
landslide survivors say government left them high and
dry : Around 100 families have moved to the Tarai
plains and set up a camp inside a community forest,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 21/12/2020)
Massive
landslide in Someshwor hill dams Parui stream : There is
no immediate threat of dam outburst, police say, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 20/12/2020)
With
their thatched roofs, houses in remote settlements of
Karnali at risk of fire hazard : There is a campaign
underway to replace thatched roofs with galvanised zinc
sheets but with lack of sufficient budget the effort is
moving at snail’s pace, local representatives say,
by Tularam Pandey and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 08/12/2020)
Disasters
in waiting : Nepal’s disaster preparedness and response
mechanism is pretty disastrous (kp 07/12/2020)
Baglung
has only one fire engine and that too is defunctThe
residents of Baglung bazaar, the district headquarters,
have been demanding authorities bring in more fire
trucks but their requests have not been heard, by
Prakash Baral (kp 06/12/2020)
‘Completed’
houses for landslide victims still incomplete, by
Bhimkumar Banskota (ae 04/12/2020)
Fire
guts property worth over Rs 7.6 million in Kalikot
(rep 29/11/2020)
Geological
study begins in Sindhupalchowk (kh 27/11/2020), Geologists
initiate study of landslide-prone settlements in
Sindhupalchok : As many as 3,375 houses in several
settlements of Sindhupalchok are at high risk of
landslides, according to study, by Anish Tiwari (kp
29/11/2020)
Committees
told to prepare annual disaster report (ht
25/11/2020), Plan
for disasters : In the absence of scientific database,
the government has been unable to formulate disaster
mitigation plans at all levels (ht 26/11/2020)
Local
Govt’s Role In Disaster Management, by Krishna
Devkota and Ghanashyam Khanal (rn 24/11/2020)
Seven-year-old
girl killed in fire that broke out from candlelight in
Jhapa (rep 16/11/2020)
Fire
guts eight houses in Kalaiya sub-metropolis (ht
10/11/2020)
Is
Gorkha’s Barpak not the epicenter of the 2015
earthquake?, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 09/11/2020)
Disaster
management committee in Myagdi recommends relocation of
1,086 familiesThe committee has prepared a report after
analysing data collected by the local units, the
district police office and based on field reports
of various individuals and organisations, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 05/11/2020)
Two
months into Dhorpatan landslide, whereabouts of 15
missing still unknown (kh 03/11/2020)
From
disaster response to sustainable rehabilitation, by
Kai Weise (ht 01/11/2020)
Himalayas
poised for a series of big earthquakes: Study (kh
29/10/2020)
463
die in disasters across Nepal since April (kh
28/10/2020)
20
settlements in Myagdi at risk of landslide; recommended
relocation (ht 25/10/2020)
Twenty-five
landslide-displaced families to get new homes :
Landslides at Limgha and Thulolumpek in Gulmi district
had claimed 13 lives and displaced around 100
families last year; Twenty-seven houses are still under
construction and they are likely to be completed within
a month, by Ghanshyam Gautam (23/10/2020)
Human
face of a Himalayan climate crisis : Fatalism and denial
among mountain communities living downstream from a
dangerous glacial lake, by Rastraraj Bhandari (nt
16/10/2020)
Why
more women die in Nepal’s natural disasters:
Disproportionately more women died in the 2015
earthquake, and in landslides this monsoon, by Tufan
Neupane (nt 16/10/2020)
Natural
disasters claimed 415 lives this monsoon (ht
10/10/2020)
11,100
Sindhupalchowk Households At Risk Of Landslides: Report,
by Purushottam P. Khatri (rn 05/10/2020)
Whereabouts
Of 16 Missing In Monsoon-Induced Disasters In Baglung
Still Unknown (rn 29/09/2020)
More
than 50 families displaced by landslide in Arghakhanchi
: Flooded rivers have driven people of our their homes
in Rupandehi, by Birendra KC (28/09/2020)
People
rendered homeless await resettlement in MusikotFollowing
the July 2 landslide, residents of Musikot in Gulmi have
been demanding that the municipal office move them to a
safer location, by Birendra KC (29/09/2020)
Floods
wreak havoc in Rupandehi : Four died in monsoon-induced
disasters in Rupandehi and Makwanpur in last two days,
by Sanju Paudel and Amrita Anpol (kp 27/09/2020)
Flood
victims in Surkhet await resettlement for past six years
: Only a few families have received half the grant
announced by the provincial government while the rest
have received none, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
26/09/2020)
Hundreds
of houses inundated in Saptari (ht 26/09/2020)
Sindhupalchowk
devastated by landslides and floods : 73 killed, 39
missing, 40 injured, 127 houses destroyed and hundreds
displaced in the past three months, by Dhurba Dangal
(rep 26/09/2020)
Before
disaster strikes Nepal : The country is prone to
disasters, which will not change. But better
preparedness and response, in- sync at all three levels
of governments, can help to contain the damage and save
lives, by Sanju Koirala and Shristi Shakya (ae
25/09/2020)
All
36 doors of Gandak Barrage opened as water level in
Narayani river reaches danger level : District
Administration Office has alerted local residents
against possible floods and inundation, by Nabin
Paudel (kp 25/09/2020)
4,000
Ropanis Of Private Land Under Water In Pokhara (rn
25/09/2020)
Floods
and landslides kill 17 in past 3 days (kh
25/09/2020)
14
Die, Seven Missing In Landslides, Floods (rn
25/09/2020)
Landslides
kill 11 people in Syangja and Palpa districts as five
others go missing : Security personnel say rescue
efforts have been affected due to adverse weather
conditions and active landslides in the affected areas,
by Pratiksha Kafle, Lal Prasad Sharma and Madhab Aryal (kp
25/09/2020), Palpa
landslide: Five bodies retrieved (kh 26/09/2020)
Nepal
has the highest fatality rate due to landslide in the
world: Report (South Asia Time 24/09/2020)
Death
toll from landslides in Syangja reaches 10 (kh
24/09/2020)
972
places in Gandaki at risk of monsoon-induced
disastersThe study included the areas that the
administration offices of the respective districts
identified as flood/landslide-prone, by Pratiksha
Kafle (kp 23/09/2020)
307
killed, 100 missing due to floods and landslides in past
3 months (kh 23/09/2020)
126
lost lives in Gandaki landslides, floods this monsoon
(ht 23/09/2020)
Large
strip of land in Bhateri at risk of being swept away
(ht 22/09/2020)
Reducing
Nepal’s landslide risks : Communities can build disaster
resilience by implementing geohazard risk management
measures, by Faris Hadad-Zervos and John A. Roome
(kp 20/09/2020)
Around
750 quake displaced families live in landslide-prone
settlements in Rasuwa : While some families have taken
grants from the government to buy a plot of land, most
are awaiting relocation to integrated settlements built
by the government, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
19/09/2020)
Unnecessary
road projects in rural areas of Baglung arecausing
floods and landslides : The Infrastructure Development
Office opened two new tracks in the last month of
the last fiscal year to avoid budget freeze, say local
residents, by Prakash Baral (kp 19/09/2020)
Resettlement
plans still to be readied, landslide survivors live in
leaking tents : Not only immediate relief, survivors
also need means to start their lives anew, experts say,
by Anish Tiwari and Timothy Aryal (kp 18/09/2020)
Nepal-India
transboundary flood management (ae 18/09/2020)
Seven
settlements at high risk of landslides in Parbat
(rep 17/09/2020)
Powerful
earthquake rattles Kathmandu Valley, most parts of
central and eastern Nepal (rep 16/09/2020), Wednesday
earthquake claims a life in Kathmandu Valley (rep
16/09/2020), High
security alert in Sindhupalchowk as 6-magnitude quake
poses further risk to landslides (kh 16/09/2020), It
was the aftershock of Gorkha earthquake: Lok Bijaya
Adhikari (kh 16/09/2020)
75
killed, 40 missing in Sindhupalchowk floods, landslides
(ht 16/09/2020)
Landslide
damages eight houses, takes away four vehicles (kh
15/09/2020)
Why
are landslides so deadly in Nepal? Despite having the
highest fatality rate in the world relative to
population, Nepal’s authorities have failed to face up
to landslide risks, with haphazard road building and
climate change making things worse, by Ramesh
Bhushal (The Third Pole 14/09/2020) [See also Nepal:
why are landslides so deadly?, by Ramesh Bhushal
(PreventionWeb 14/09/2020)]
Nine
dead, at least 22 missing in Sindhupalchok landslide :
The landslide buried at least 17 houses in Bhirkharka
and Nagpuje, by Anish Tiwari (kp 13/09/2020), Death
toll in Sindhupalchowk landslide climbs to nine, 22
still missing, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 13/09/2020), Massive
landslide in Sindhupalchok kills 11 people : Twenty
villagers have gone missing in Sunday morning’s tragedy,
said police, by Anish Tiwari (kp 14/09/2020), Death
Toll In Sindhupalchowk Landslide Reaches 13 (rn
14/09/2020)
One
killed after three houses buried in Parbat landslide
(kh 13/09/2020)
Killer
landslides : Our forefathers tackled landslides for
centuries by building simple diversion channels, by
Madhukar Upadhya (kp 11/09/2020)
Nepal’s
glacial lakes in danger of bursting : 47 glacial lakes
in Nepal and Tibet are at high risk from global heating,
by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt 11/09/2020)
Forests
replace glaciers in the Himalaya : New evidence in Nepal
of accelerated glacial retreat, with trees where there
used to be ice, by Tufan Neupane (nt 11/09/2020)
Floods
killed Narayan BK. He was buried as Prem Pun, by Dil
Shirish (ae 11/09/2020)
Humla’s
Tajakot flood, landslide victims in lurch (ht
11/09/2020)
5-magnitude
quake jolts eastern Nepal (kh 11/09/2020)
Simple
and inexpensive technology could warn of possible
landslides to prevent loss of lives and property :
Encouraged by the results of the system with sensors for
soil moisture content, land movement and rainfall, the
government plans to install it next year after risk
assessments, by Timothy Aryal (kp 09/09/2020)
Relief
efforts delayed in disaster-hit areas : Last week’s
flood and landslide have damaged the Burtibang-Dhorpatan
road in several areas, cutting off affected
villages in Dhorpatan Municipality from the district
headquarters, by Prakash Baral (kp 09/09/2020)
47
potentially dangerous glacial lakes ticking in China,
Nepal and India : Of total 3,624 glacial lakes
identified by an inventory, 1,410 are considered large
enough to cause serious damage, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 08/09/2020), Monitor
glacial lakes The government must prepare a national
plan of action to mitigate the risks the lakes pose.(kp
09/09/2020)
No
Road, No Power, No Communication And No Relief, by
Nabin Sishir BK (rn 06/09/2020)
Bhujikhola
flood damages 171 physical structures (rep
05/09/2020)
Dhorpatan
Update: Disappeared 13 Identified; Four Bodies Recovered
(rn 03/09/2020), At
least 14 dead, 41 missing in flood and landslide in
BaglungThe disaster occurred in Dhorpatan Municipality
on Wednesday midnight when Bhuji River, blocked by
landslide debris, flooded the settlements along the
river banks, by Prakash Baral (kp 04/09/2020), 53
feared dead in Baglung floods, landslides (ht
04/09/2020)
Baglung
Flood Update: Eight Bodies Recovered, Yet To Be
Identified (rn 03/09/2020), Baglung
Flood: Death toll climbs to 12; 41 still missing
(rep 03/09/2020)
Forest
fires down across country this year, says study,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/09/2020)
Urban
sprawls risk life and property in Valley : With city’s
residents unaware about proper use of land, settlements
have grown even in areas unfit for construction of
houses and roads, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
30/08/2020)
12
Persons Feared Buried As Landslides Hit Five Houses In
Kalikot, by Prem Raj Simkhada (rn 30/08/2020), Ten
people killed while two others gone missing in Kalikot
landslideLocals say there were more casualties, as the
victims were indoors due to the coronavirus
prohibitory order issued by the local authorities,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 31/08/2020)
Four
killed in Jajarkot landslide (kh 30/08/2020)
Despite
technology in place, lightning continues to be a major
killer in NepalEven though the country has nine
lightning detection centres and a weather radar station,
they have not been sufficiently utilised for lack of
manpower and maintenance issues, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 28/08/2020)
Settlements
in Karnali at grave risk as relocation plans shelved
(ae 28/08/2020)
Lightning
kills over 500 sheep in Patarasi of Jumla (rn
25/08/2020)
Landslide-displaced
people worry about their future : Many families who were
driven by the landslide in Lidi are not assured by the
government’s plan to resettle them, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 24/08/2020)
Flood-displaced
families from Bhajani seek refuge in forest: More than
550 families who were displaced by the July flood have
moved to a community forest after living on the
Postal Highway for eight days, by Mohan Budhaair (kp
21/08/2020)
Search,
rescue for flood victims on (ht 21/08/2020)
Integrated
settlement plan in Karnali fails to move beyond paper,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 21/08/2020)
14
dead, 16 missing in floods and landslides in
Sudurpaschim, Karnali: Achham district hit hardest after
floodwaters entered settlements, killing six people and
sweeping away 11, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
20/08/2020), Floods,
landslides claim 19 lives in Sudurpaschim, Karnali
provinces: Nepali Army choppers helping search five
missing persons (ht 20/08/2020), Achham
flood: Six out of 23 missing retrieved, 3 identified
(kh 20/08/2020), Two
more bodies recovered from flood-hit area in Achham,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 21/08/2020), Lidi
landslide: death toll reaches 32, seven still missing
(rn 22/08/2020)
Landslide
risk high in Dhading villages (ht 19/08/2020)
NRA
identifies 71 areas more vulnerable to disaster in
Sindhupalchowk (kh 18/08/2020)
Collateral
damage The Sindhupalchok landslides have exposed
the government’s failure in disaster risk reduction
(kp 17/08/2020)
4.2
magnitude earthquake shakes Sankhuwasabha (kh
15/08/2020)
Sindhupalchok
Landslide Update: Over 30 houses buried, 37 people
missing,10 rescued, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht
14/08/2020), 13
Houses Buried In Landslides In Sindhupalchowk, Members
Of Five Families Still Missing, by Chitra Mijar (rn
14/08/2020), Lidi
Landslide: Four Injured Rescued To Kathmandu On
Helicopter (rn 14/08/2020), 13
dead bodies retrieved from Lidi landslide: Search
continues for 26 gone missing (kh 15/08/2010), ‘We
had long been asking the authorities to move us to safer
locations’: Lidi villagers say they knew a disaster was
coming as the area weakened by the 2015 earthquakes was
experiencing landslides since the start of the monsoon
season, by Anish Tiwari (kp 15/08/2020), 8
bodies recovered from Lidi landslide; 21 are still
missing: One hundred and thirty-five displaced families
are staying in Lapsedanda, by Anish Tiwari (kp
16/08/2020), 22
dead bodies retrieved from Lidi landslide (kh
17/08/2020), With
two more dead bodies recovered today, death toll in Lidi
landslide hits 24 (rep 18/08/2020),
Lidi landslide: Additional three dead bodies recovered
(rn 20/08/2020), Lidi
landslide: 28 bodies retrieved, 11 still missing (kh
20/08/2020)
Village
Loses Physical Connectivity After River Sweeps
Suspension Bridge (rn 12/08/2020)
Follow
the laws: Nepal and India should implement international
disaster laws to reduce vulnerability and foster
sustainable development, by Jivesh Jha (rep
12/08/2020)
Floods,
landslides affect life in several districts of
Sudurpaschim: The disaster has added to the distress of
Bhajani residents who were already reeling under the
devastation caused by July’s floodings, by Mohan
Budhaair and Arjun Shah (kp 11/08/2020)
Down
to the water: Hailing from Madhubani, I have seen how
floods have made farming and forestry unviable
livelihood options, by Atul K. Thakur (kp
10/08/2020)
365
houses in Kailali inundated; Karnali River crosses limit
(ht 10/08/2020)
Stuck
at home after losing job to pandemic, Nepali migrants
from districts where monsoon has wreaked havoc face a
difficult road to recovery: Remittance money has always
played a crucial role in disaster recovery. But
Covid-19, which has left many migrant workers without
work, has now made it much more challenging to recover
from disasters, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
06/08/2020)
Flood
damages hydropower projects, bridge (ht 05/08/2020)
Landslides,
floods caused damages worth over Rs2 billion on national
highways: Unplanned construction of rural roads and
earthquake-hit geology blamed for the damages, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/08/2020)
Flood
victims deprived of relief in Kailali (ht
04/08/2020)
Over
116 villages at risk of being swept away by landslides
in Bajura, by Prakash Singh (ht 04/08/2020)
Lower
Barun glacial lake at risk of outburst: People living in
downstream settlements urge authorities to mitigate the
risk, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 04/08/2020)
Continuous
Flood Damages Bridge; Road And Hydropower Projects
(rn 04/08/2020)
Ten
people killed in Sindhupalchok landslides; At least 24
incidents of landslides have been reported in the
district since Sunday night, in which 300 families have
been displaced, according to the District Disaster
Management Committee, by Anish Tiwari (kp
04/08/2020)
New
mothers who survived landslides in Myagdi deprived of
nutritious food: While the authorities have paid heed to
waste management and controlling infectious disease,
nutritious food for nursing mothers has to be managed
locally, say authorities, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp
04/08/2020)
Flood-displaced
families in Kailali living by the roadside: Almost a
week into the disaster, more than 200 families from
Bhajani have pitched tents along the Postal Highway
awaiting relief and safe return to their homes, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 03/07/2020)
Bodies
Of Eight People Missing In Melamchi Landslide Found
(rn 03/08/2020)
Flood
displaced people start returning home (ht
02/08/2020)
Four
Glacial Lakes In Sankhuwasabha At Risk Of Outburst,
People Urged To Remain Alert, by Bhawin Karki (rn
01/08/2020)
Four
Of A Family Buried To Death (rn 01/08/2020)
Over
40 houses inundated in Bara )ht 01/08/2020)
Tracing
past glacial floods in Kangchenjunga: Satellite imagery
is useful, but involving local people in research can
often help fill gaps in research of glacial floods,
by Alton C. Byers (nt 31/07/2020) [see scientific article
by Byers et al. in Sustainability
12, 2020)
Barekot
landslide survivors demand to be relocated permanently:
Locals from areas at risk of landslides are currently
taking shelter in nearby schools and playgrounds in
makeshift tents, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
31/07/2020)
Landslide
At Hydel Project, Human Settlements At Risk (rn
31/07/2020)
Local
levels detecting disaster-prone areas (ht
31/07/2020)
People
living on Bhotekoshi riverfront alerted (ht
31/07/2020)
Hundreds
of families displaced as floodwaters enter settlements
in eastern Kailali: Floods triggered by incessant rains
have entered various settlements, prompting authorities
to relocate affected families to safer places (kp
30/07/2020), Over
6,000 Houses Inundated In Kailali, by Abhinash
Chaudhary (rn 30/07/2020)
Flood
Obstructs Contact Between Villages In Kalikot, by
Prem Raj Simkhada (rn 30/07/2020)
Locusts
move towards northern part of country (ht
30/07/2020)
Three
dead, seven missing in separate landslides in Kalikot
and Rukum (West) district: Authorities say continuous
rainfall has hampered the search and rescue operation,
by Tularam Pandey & Hari Gautam (kp 29/07/2020), Nine
Including Six Of Same Family Go Missing In Flood,
Landslide In Kalikot (rn 29/07/2020), Seven
Of A Family Killed As Landslide Buries Their House In
Kalikot , by Pramraj Simkhada (kp 29/07/2020), Eight
Die, One Goes Missing In Landslides, Floods (rn
29/07/2020), Flood
Update: Over 150 Houses Inundated In Kailali (rn
29/07/2020), Mother,
Daughter Buried By Landslide In Dang (rn
29/07/2020), Bagmati
erodes embankment, hundreds of houses at high risk in
Rautahat (ht 29/07/2020), Tumlingtar
inundated, three houses destroyed (ht 29/07/2020)
Landslide
victims in Myagdi and Jajarkot faced with uncertain
future await better response from authorities: While
some survivors are worried about resettlement, others
are grappling with a dwindling stock of foodstuff,
by Ghanashyam Khadka and Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp
28/07/2020)
Four
die in rain-caused disaster (kh 28/07/2020)
Landslide
Claims Two In Rukum West (rn 28/07/2020)
Survivors
face food crisis (ht 27/07/2020)
Sindhupalchok
continues to get battered by natural disasters: Since
the Jure landslide six years ago, Sindhupalchok has been
getting back on its feet from one calamity—only to be
brought to its knees by another, by Anish Tiwari and
Timothy Aryal (kp 26/07/2020)
Five-step
solution to disaster risk management: Following the
steps of preventing and mitigating risk, addressing
residual risk, preparing, responding, and recovering can
play a vital role to reduce the risk of disaster and
build a resilient community, by Krishna Devkota and
Ghanshyam Khanal (rep 26/07/2020)
‘Monsoon
disasters affect millions of children in countries
including Nepal’ (ht 26(/07/2020)
Rain
damages crops, vegetable prices surge in Chitwan (ht
26/07/2020)
Vehicular
movement along Prithvi Highway disrupted: The road has
caved in at Nahala following Tuesday night’s incessant
rainfall, by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 26/07/2020)
181
die in monsoon-induced disasters so far (kh
25/07/2020)
Monsoon
is changing, but we have not, by Rocky Talchabhadel
and Bhesh Raj Thapa (rep 25/07/2020)
Double
whammy: COVID-19 and natural disasters: We will be mere
statistics for the state if we die from coronavirus. So,
even when there's no lockdown, stay safe, stay alert and
stay healthy, by Devendra Gautam (rep 25/07/2020)
Kankai
River breaches its embankment in various places of
Jhapa: The floodwaters of the river have put around
2,000 households at risk of inundation, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 25/07/2020)
Over
88,000 hectares of land inundated (ht 25/07/2020)
Govt
amends Disaster Victims Rescue and Relief Standards
(ht 24/07/2020)
Landslide
sweeps away 19 houses in Lamjung local unit: No human
casualties were reported in the disaster, as the
villagers were moved to a safer location the previous
night, by Aashh Gurung (kp 23/07/2020)
Energy
minister directs officials to initiate talks with India
over flood and inundation in Tarai (rep 23/07/2020)
Mobilise
disaster management panels, MoFAGA tells local levels
(ht 23/07/2020)
Sindhupalchowk,
Kavre, Ramechhap on high alert over possible glacial
lake burst (ht 22/07/2020), Geologists
visit Kerung Tso lake in China after a surge in water
level
On Tuesday, a team of Chinese geologists visited the
lake site to study the effect of rains on the lake and
the possibility of it overflowing and causing flood in
the Bhotekoshi River, by Anish Tiwari (kp
23/07/2020)
Ongoing
spell of rain could stay at least until Friday, predicts
weather office: Rains that started in western Nepal are
moving towards the east and the low-lying areas of
provinces 1, 2, and 5 and Bagmati are most vulnerable to
possible loss of life and property, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (22/07/2020), Hanumante
river floods Bhaktapur settlements; town planners say
it’s human made catastrophe: Over three dozen riverside
houses and large areas of farmland were waterlogged,
by Anup Ojha (kp 22/07/2020), Floods
and landslides continue to claim lives and displace
people across country: Seven people died while two have
gone missing in monsoon-induced disasters in the last 24
hours, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 22/07/2020), Landslide
Buries 14 Houses In Marsyangdi Rural Municipality,
Lamjung (rn 22/07/2020), 10
houses buried in Lamjung landslide (kh), Most
parts of Rautahat submerged (ht 22/07/2020), Floods,
landslides cause heavy damage to infrastructure (ht
22/07/2020)
With
more rains predicted, there are fears of loss of more
lives and properties across the country: Rising water
levels in the rivers with widespread rainfall ring alarm
bells as authorities warn this year’s monsoon could be
among the deadliest in years, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal ((kp 21/07/2020), Rain-swollen
Bagmati threatens squatter settlement in Thapathali:
First it was the coronavirus lockdown and now it is the
fear of flood and water-borne diseases that haunt these
poor families, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/07/2020), At
least 105 houses inundated in Jhapa after Kankai river
breached its embankment on Monday: The floodwaters have
affected about 1,000 bighas of paddy fields as well,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 21/07/2020), Two
killed, two others injured in a landslide in Darchula:
The landslide triggered by heavy rainfall swept away 10
houses and a school building in Naugad Rural
Municipality, by Manoj Badu (kp 21/07/2020), Section
of Prithvi Highway swept away by flood on Monday: Road
section at Mauwa Bridge washed away bringing movement of
vehicles and people to a halt (kp 21/07/2020), Narayani
River Crosses Danger Line With Highest Water Level In 44
Years (rn 21/07/2020), Water
Level Rising In Rivers: Narayani And Koshi Cross Danger
Level (rn 21/07/2020), Coordinated
Efforts Needed To Manage Disasters, by Ganesh Paudel
and Hari P. Pandey (rn 21/07/2020) [Sorry,
but people must understand that the responsible
politicians do not have time for such unimportant
things. They are fully engaged in their power struggles!],
Hanumante
River inundates Bhaktapur settlements (ht
21/07/2020), Fear
of flood looms large in Rautahat, Saptari houses
inundated (ht 21/07/2020), Houses
destroyed, families displaced (ht 21/07/2020), High
alert in Bhotekoshi basin (ht 21/07/2020), Landslides
hit Khurkot-Ghurmi road, Mid-Hill Highway disrupted
(rep 21/07/2020), Landslide
kills three of a family in Dhading (rep 21/07/2020),
46
out of 56 sluices opened in Saptakoshi River as water
level rises (kh 21/07/2020), Incessant
downpour hits normal life, to continue until Thursday
(ht 21/07/2020)
Mountain
people’s lives: Caught between the devil and the deep
blue sea, by Dipendra Gautam, Vishnu Prasad Pandey,
Suraj Lamichhane and Rabindra Adhikari (ht 20/07/2020)
Haphazard
construction of rural roads causing landslides: The
construction of roads without proper surveys has been
the leading cause of landslides in several places of the
hill districts, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 20/07/2020).
Over
200 Houses Inundated Due To Floods In Saptakoshi, Khando
Rivers, 50 Families Evacuated, by Dhirendra Prasad
Sah (rn 20/07/2020)
Monsoon
minimises immediate risk of locusts (ht 20/07/2020)
55
killed, 7 missing in 21 landslide incidents in Gandaki
Province (ht 19/07/2020)
Floods
in India, Nepal displace nearly 4 million people, at
least 189 dead (rep 19/07/2020)
Despite
tackling disasters every monsoon, Nepal fails to learn
from experience: Local governments should be empowered
to prepare in advance and respond effectively when
disasters strike, they say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 17/07/2020)
The
invisible pandemic: From 2015-18, a total of 27,000
families were affected by floods and landslides and 721
lives were lost, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 17/07/2020)
155
killed, 52 missing in disasters in three months (kh
17/07/2020)
Floods
and landslides displace around 400 households in
Sindhupalchok in past week: The survivors’ misery is
exacerbated by the looming threat of coronavirus spread
at temporary shelters they have been moved to, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 17/07/2020)
97
people killed in landslides in past one month (kh
16/07/2020)
Seismologists
found fault in Himalayan mountain range of southeastern
Nepal which might result earthquake in future (South
Asia Time 15/07/2020)
Syangja
witnessed multiple landslides in the last few days
displacing people and disrupting highways: Three persons
were buried and one went missing in a landslide at
Kaligandaki on Tuesday morning, by Pratiksha Kafle
(kp 15/07/2020)
Melamchi
tunnel bursts, two swept away (ht 15/07/2020), Body
of person missing in Melamchi tunnel recovered: Security
personnel recovered engineer Satish Goit’s body on
Wednesday while search for the other missing person is
still underway (kp 16/07/2020)
Five
days on, Barekot landslide victims still waiting for
relief (ht 15/07/2020)
Locusts
that recently entered the country split up (ht
15/07/2020), Incessant
rainfall minimized effects of locust swarms in Nepal:
Govt officials (rep 15/07/2020)
Second
wave of locust invasion imminent; government mulls
raising pest bounty to Rs 500 per kg: The government
task force has suggested that the government raise the
reward sum to encourage people to join the locust
control drive, as use of pesticides could harm the
environment and public health, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 14/07/2020)
Monsoon-triggered
floods displace 7,000 in past five days (kh
14/07/2020)
Monday
morning landslides in Tanahun kills 10; two missing:
Three injured from Rishing and Byas landslide sites are
receiving treatment at Gandaki Hospital in Pokhara,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 14/07/2020)
Buried
roads and bad weather affect relief efforts for Myagdi
landslide survivors: The first instalments of relief
materials have been used up in the temporary shelters
while bad weather restricts flight, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 14/07/2020)
73
families shifted to safer places in Sankhuwasabha
(ht 14/07/2020)
Swollen
rivers erode embankments in Rautahat (ht 14/07/2020)
Indian
intervention causing floods in Nepal: Home Minister
Thapa; External intervention remains to be addressed
(ht 14/07/2020)
Flooded
rivers put Tarai settlements at high risk of inundation:
The Saptakoshi is gaining strength as it gushes through
provinces 1 and 2, eroding embankments, flooding
settlements and displacing people, by Abdhesh Kumar
Jha and Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 13/07/2020)
Monsoon
Claims 77 Lives, 42 Missing, by Purushottam P.
Khatri (rn 13/07/2020), Incessant
rainfall-triggered landslides, floods kill 85 persons
(kh 13/07/2020)
Monsoon-triggered
landslide kills six in Tanahun; five missing (kh
13/07/2020)
Govt
urged for effective handling of natural disaster (ht
13/07/2020) [Monsoon came
completely unexpected this year, just as every year...],
NA
chairman asks govt to take care of flood victims (ht
13/07/2020)
Two
killed and 10 missing in various landslides in Tanahun:
Landslides occurred in Myagde, Rishing and Byas
following heavy rains on Sunday night, by Samjhana
Rasaili (kp 13/07/2020)
Another
swarm of locust from India enters Nepal again (rep
12/07/2020)
Landslides
continue to wreak havoc in different parts of the
country: More than 40 people have died and several are
missing in monsoon-related disasters over the past three
days, by Bhim Bahadur Singh, Ghanashyam Khadka and
Aash Gurung (kp 12/07/2020), Eleven
missing after landslide sweeps away eight houses in
Sankhuwasabha: Rescue teams are on their way to the
incident site which is a day’s walk from the district
headquarters, Khandbari (kp 12/07/2020), 11
Missing In Sankhuwasabha Landslide Identified, Four
Rescued Alive (rn 12/07/2020), Bad
weather hampers rescue for victims of Sankhuwasabha
landslide: Eleven people are missing while four have
been rescued alive. The landslide has washed away nine
houses, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 13/07/2020)
Flood
displaces scores in Saptari (ht 12/07/2020)
600
Houses Inundated In Nawalparasi East, by Homraj
Ranabhat (rn 12/07/2020)
Monsoon-induced
disasters occur every year but authorities ill-prepared
to handle them: Hundreds of people are displaced by the
monsoon disasters in Sudurpaschim Province year after
year but the authorities rarely make disaster
preparedness plan (kp 11/07/2020)
Thirteen
dead and dozens missing as heavy rains trigger
landslides across Gandaki Province: Rescue teams have
yet to reach the disaster site in Myagdi as roads have
been blocked by both landslide debris and flash floods,
by Lala Prasad Sharma (kp 11/07/2020), Province
2 braces for floods as incessant rainfall sends rivers
gushing: Following continuous rainfall since Wednesday,
Koshi, Kamala, Bagmati, Bakaiya, Ratu, Khando and
Lakhandehi rivers have witnessed surges, by Ajit
Tiwari (kp 11/07/2020)
Bodies
of seven missing in Barekot landslide in Jajarkot
recovered: Five others still missing; rescue works
hampered by adverse weather conditions, said police,
by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 11/07/2020)
Locust
swarms may enter Nepal again, officials predict: Wind
conditions favouring their movement from Rajasthan to
Nepal in the next few days, officials warn the threat of
locust invasion is not over at least for two months,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/07/2020)
Incessant
rainfall-triggered landslides, floods kill 31 persons
(kh 10/07/2020)
Death
Toll In Sarangkot Landslide Reaches Seven (rn
10/07/2020), Seven
killed in landslides at various places in Pokhara,
by Bharat Koirala (ht 10/07/2020)
Three
Fear Dead, Three Injured In Landslide (rn
10/07/2020)
30
missing as monsoon-disasters strike Myagdi (ht
10/07/2020)
Overnight
landslides in Gandaki districts claim 10 lives: Seven
people were killed in three different landslides in
Kaski, while three of the same family were killed in a
landslide in Lamjung. More than 15 people missing in
landslides in Myagdi, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
10/07/2020), Amid
risks of landslides, local units in Gandaki relocate
settlements: Locals say while it’s better to move to a
safer space than live in the risky villages, relocating
won’t be sustainable unless there’s concrete effort from
the local units (kp 10/07/2020)
Monsoon
Activities To Intensify For Four Days (rn
09/07/2020)
People
living in constant fear of floods for years (ht
09/07/2020)
When
floods strike, it’s the poor who suffer, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 09/07/2020)
Floods
inundate settlements in Kanchanpur and Banke districts:
Lack of proper drainage and encroachment of public land
cause inundation in Kanchanpur every monsoon, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 09/07/2020)
Sindhupalchok
Flood: Number Of People Gone Missing Reaches 20 (rn
09/07/2020), 16
houses swept away by flood in Sindhupalchowk; two die,
23 missing: 33 houses swept away by rain-triggered
floods, by Dhurba Dangal (rep 09/07/2020), Thirty-six
homes washed away in Bhotekoshi flood, 20 individuals
still missing: The swollen Bhotekoshi also swept away
bridges and road sections on the Araniko Highway,
complicating relief efforts, by Anish Tiwari (kp
10/07/2020)
Weather
comes to farmers’ rescue as locust swarms disappear
inside Nepal: Experts say rainfall and low temperature
halted their march and minimised damages, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/07/2020)
Landslide
hotspots: The government must prioritise science-guided
policies and actions to mitigate risks (kp
07/07/2020)
Risk
of locusts declining in country: Wind direction keeping
pests away (ht 06/07/2020)
After
Covid-19 and locust invasion, country braces for monsoon
mayhem: Water-induced disasters this year are expected
to collide with the peak of Covid-19 cases, compounding
the impacts of the disasters for the country, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/07/2020)
Two
people killed, three missing in Gulmi landslide: Rescue
efforts were made difficult because of roads blocked by
the landslide and bad weather, by Ghanashyam Gautam
(kp 04/07/2020)
Three
people killed and four missing in a landslide in
Bajhang: Locals, along with rescuers from the Nepal
Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army, are searching
for the missing ones, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
04/07/2020), Six
people killed, one goes missing in Bajhang landslide:
The landslide, which has displaced 400 people in Mallesi
village of the district, puts 45 other households at the
risk of being swept away, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 05/07/2020), Bajhang
Landslides Victims Face Food, Shelter Problems, Relief
Yet To Reach As Road Is Obstructed, by Sailendra
Rokaya (rn 05/07/2020)
Locusts
Invasion Causes Huge Damage In Arghakhanchi (rn
04/07/2020), Locusts
devour crops on 1,100 hectares (04/07/2020)
Locusts
are threatening our livelihood. What's the preparation?,
by Sabitri Rai (rep 03/07/2020)
Eight
million locusts have entered Nepal, consuming hundreds
of hectares of crops: Changing wind directions are
likely to bring in even more locusts in the days to
come, officials warn, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/07/2020), Nepal
could witness yet another huge locust invasion (ht
02/07/2020)
38
die in monsoon related natural disasters (ht
01/07/2020)
Swarms
Of Locusts Enter Kathmandu, by Sampada Anuranjanee
Khatiwada (rn 01/07/2020)
After
fall armyworm havoc and Covid-19, locust invasion is new
threat to food security: Massive invasions like those in
Pakistan and African countries could spell catastrophe
for Nepal where food production is already low, experts
say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal and Sangam Prasain (kp
28/06/2020), Govt
caught flat-footed as locusts enter country: Prediction
of experts failed because the wind changed direction
with onset of monsoon, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
28/06/2020), Locusts
may remain in Nepal for more than a month: Experts,
by Kunga Hyolmo (rep 28/06/2020), No
reports of significant damage caused by locusts in
Nepal, but threat of bigger invasion looms: Experts
suggest Nepal also focus on other impacts of climate
change that do not involve the Himalayas and the melting
of its snow, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/06/2020), The
pests have arrived: Despite early warnings, we’re
ill-prepared to fight the locust invasion (kp
29/06/2020)
Rains
trigger fear of water-induced disasters (ht
26/06/2020)
Monsoon
madness: Inundation ravages lives and livelihood each
year.: The government can’t remain clueless anymore
(kp 26/06/2020) [They can! Politicians only live for power
struggles and their access to funds. This was the
situation under the absolutist royal system and it has
not changed after the democratisation in 1990!]
Lightning
strikes claim six lives in Saptari and Makwanpur in the
last 24 hours: Five others sustained serious injuries in
the incidents, by Pratap Bista and Abdhesh Kumar Jha
(kp 26/06/2020)
After
Covid-19, Narainapur locals have another fear to grapple
with: flood: Narainapur might have dodged the worst
effects of Covid-19 but as the rainy season sets in, the
fear of a flood haunts villagers, by Madhu Shahi and
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 25/06/2020)
Landslides
and floods threaten many settlements in mid-hill region:
Haphazard construction of rural roads have raised the
risk of landslides and erosions, road engineers say,
by Madhab Aryal (kp 25/06/2020)
Lightning
kills four in Saptari and two in Makwanpur, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 25/06/2020)
Landslide
buries four vehicles in Palpa, three killed: Continuous
rainfall in the past few days has triggered landslides
at multiple places in the district, by Madhav Aryal
(kp 23/06/2020), Fourth
body recovered from landslide debris in Palpa: The
landslide had swept away four vehicles at Sammobari on
the Tansen-Ridi road section in Palpa on Monday, by
Madhab Aryal (kp24/06/2020)
Flood
alert issued inside Kathmandu valley (ht 23/06/2020)
Death
toll in Palpa landslides climbs to three (rep
22/06/2020)
Arun
River in Sankhuwasabha partially dammed by landslide:
Although immediate threat has been averted, the local
administration has issued high alert notice in
settlements near the riverbanks, by Dipendra Shakya
(kp 22/06/2020)
Seven
years since the Mahakali floods, victims await
compensation: Residents of Khalanga fear possible floods
every monsoon, as the embankments that were damaged
seven years ago are yet to be reconstructed, by
Manoj Badu (kp 21/06/2020)
Settlement
at high risk of flood (ht 21/06/2020)
Death
toll in Parbat landslide climbs to eight, one still
missing, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 14/06/2020), One
more body recovered from Parbat landslide site: The
landslide that occurred on Saturday night has killed
nine people (kp 18/06/2020)
Managing
monsoon floods amid COVID-19: Ways of coping with
monsoon floods and landslides in the middle of the
COVID-19 response will have to be entirely different in
approach, action and delivery, by Suman Kumar Karna
(rep 11/06/2020)
Kathmandu’s
Flood Hazards In Corona Crisis, by Rachana Upadhyaya
(rn 04/06/2020)
Strong
winds wreak havoc in Rautahat (ht 26/05/2020)
Lightning
strikes continue to kill people this pre-monsoon season
too: Authorities rely on raising awareness programmes to
bring down damages caused by thunderbolts, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/05/2020)
Unseasonal
Rain Damages Crops In Darchula, Fear Of Hunger Looms
Large (rn 08/05/2020)
Nepal
at high risk of lightning; more than 100 die in a year:
Precautions can mitigate the toll, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 08/05/2020)
Rescuers
recover bodies of two South Korean tourists buried in an
avalanche in January: The bodies of two Korean tourists
and a Nepali worker are yet to be retrieved, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 27/04/2020), Dead
bodies of all seven missing in Annapurna avalanche found
(kh 01/05/2020)
River
blockage puts villages at high risk (ht 27/04/2020)
Hailstorm
destroys crops (ht 19/04/2020)
Forest
fire rages on in Lamjung community forest: The fire that
started on Monday has so far consumed 15 hectares of
forest land in Lamjung, by Aash Gurung (kp
09/04/2020)
Quake-displaced
people reeling under food crisis (ht 05/04/2020)) [All governments since 2015 share
responsibility for this continued situation!]
Relief
materials donated during 2015 earthquake rotting away in
godown: The district natural disaster management
committee three years ago had doled out around 200
quintals of rice sacks from the godown, suspecting that
they could rot away, by Tika Perasad Bhatta (kp
18/03/2020)
Surkhet
administration starts eviction of flood victims from
public land: Five and a half years since the tragedy
struck, victims are still looking for help from the
government, by Chandan Kathayat (kp 14/03/2020)
Gandaki
province municipalities ill-prepared to deal with
blazes: Most of them don’t have a single fire engine or
a firefighter, by Prakash Baral (kp 14/03/2020)
Ignoring
risks of flood, locals are constructing houses at the
banks of Mahakali in Darchula: A construction guideline
was issued after the 2015 earthquakes, but it hasn’t
been fully implemented yet, by Manoj Badu (kp
05/03/2020)
Flood
fear looms over villages close to vulnerable embankments
in Rautahat: Government has not released funds to repair
the embankments damaged in last year’s monsoon,
officials say, by Shiva Puri (kp 28/02/2020)
Disaster,
loss, damage and poverty: Improperly planned
infrastructure and unplanned urbanisation are giving an
open invitation to disasters, by Kribina Pathak (kp
16/02/2020)
Phewa
watershed area residents fear flooding (ht
16/02/2020)
Chemical
Safety And Challenges In Nepal, by Niranjan Parajuli
(rn 15/02/2020)
Climate
change to cause frequent landslides in the Himalayan
region, including Nepal, says NASA: According to its
study, there will be a 30-70 percent rise in the
frequency of landslides in the border regions of China
and Nepal that would pose threats to the region’s
infrastructure and communities living downstream, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/02/2020)
Despite
Oli’s assurances, two dozen died of cold in Humla this
winter: A combination of heavy snowfall and
malnourishment spells disaster for the district, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 11/02/2020)
Victims
of natural disasters to get relief from local units:
Disaster victims in Makwanpur will no longer have to
travel to the district headquarters to receive the
relief amount, by Pratap Bista (kp 11/02/2020)
With
no effort to contain it, the landslide in Ghyapche
continues even during the winter: When the flood from
Ranajor River cut through the village, the locals were
further exposed to danger (kp 28/01/2020)
Structures
destroyed by floods in the Mahakali river in 2013 are
yet to be reconstructed: Only the damaged embankment and
two government office buildings have been reconstructed
in the last seven years, by Manoj Badu (kp
24/01/2020)
Fear
of floods looms large for locals of Saptari. by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 24/01/2020)
Eight
Indians found unconscious in a Daman resort declared
dead: Police suspect asphyxiation to be the cause of
death, which was caused by the use of gas heaters used
to keep the rooms warm, by Pratap Bista (kp
22/01/2020)
Teenagers
still missing in Langtang forest (ht 20/01/2020)
11
people, including three Nepalis, have gone out of
contact in Annapurna Base Camp area and Manang: Around
100 stranded tourists with their guides and porters have
been rescued using helicopters, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 19/01/2020), Avalanche-hit
trekkers still missing, by Rujp Narayan Dhakal (ht
19/01/2020), Avalanche-hit
trekkers yet to be rescued , by Rup Narayan Dhakal
(ht 20/01/2020), New
team flying to avalanche area today to search for 7
trekkers: South Korean prez prays for speedy rescue,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 20/01/2020), Rescue
chopper fails to land in avalanche-hit area (rep
21/01/2020)
Kathmandu
installs dry risers to suppress fires in congested
spaces: Local residents say they feel the alleys are now
safe from fire-related incidents, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/01/2020)
Kathmandu’s
rivers are becoming violent—and are gradually vanishing:
Buildings and roads have encroached on the floodplains
and banks of the Valley’s rivers and every monsoon, the
rivers rise to take revenge, by Srizu Bajracharya
(kp 11/01/2020)
Catch
the momentum (rep 29/12/2019)
Over
200 flood-displaced families under flimsy huts in biting
cold in Inarwa: To keep themselves warm, the locals make
fire from hay and sit beside it all night, by
Shahiman Rai (kp 27/12/2019)
37
homes in a rural unit in Chitwan living at high risk of
landslides: Out of fear of landslides, the locals have
moved from their homes and are currently living in
temporary shelters on encroached land near a forest,
by Pratima Dhakal (kp 27/12/2019)
Before
disaster strikes: Forecast-based anticipatory action in
Nepal, by Indu Ghimire and Moctar Aboubacar (ht
27/12/2019)
Earthquake
reconstruction: Challenge to save social aura, by
Bishnu Hadkhale (ht 24/12/2019)
Tarai
cold wave hits Dalits hard, by Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep 24/12/2019)
42
districts get Rs1 million each to prevent cold-related
deaths: The Home Ministry has allocated the grant to 22
districts in the Tarai and 20 in the mountains and
hills, by Arjun Poudel (kp 22/12/2019)
Disaster
management information system launched (ht
18/12/2019)
22
households in Udayapur at risk of landslides because of
haphazard limestone extraction: Lime extraction has also
endangered aquatic life in the Sunkoshi river since the
residue pollutants from the excavation site finds its
way into the river, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp
11/12/2019)
Landslide
in a construction site kills five in Pokhara, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 02/12/2019)
Doyal
and Payau villages of Gorkha at high risk of landslides,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 02/12/2019)
Khanigaun
settlement in Gorkha at risk of landslide, erosion:
Continuous soil erosion along the Dongsyang stream has
put the settlement at great risk of being swept away,
by Hariram Uprety (kp 30/11/2019)
Construction
of embankments along Narayani, Rapti rivers at snail’s
pace: Locals living near Narayani and Rapti rivers are
worried about possible floods and soil erosions every
year, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 04/11/2019)
Impact
of monsoon rains: Lessons to be learned, by Sramika
Rijal (ht 01/11/2019)
Flood
control works in Bakraha river hit a snag due to budget
shortage: Rs 490 million is required for the project,
but the government released only Rs 53.5 million this
fiscal year, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 24/10/2019)
42
students injured after school balcony caves in, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 24/10/2019)
In
the far-west, dozens of women lose their lives while
fetching fodder every year: In the last three years, 41
people have died while fetching fodder in hills—of them,
six were men and 35 women, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 20/10/2019)
Valley
woefully unprepared for big fire incidents, by Aditi
Baral (rep 19/10/2019)
Sera
Jyula area in Bajura eroded by Budhi Ganga River: At
least 2,000 ropanis of arable land in Sera Jyula have
been swept away by the river, according to the
Agriculture Knowledge Centre, by Arjun Shah (kp
18/10/2019)
Another
fire in Kathmandu exposes its limited firefighting
resources: The Capital city needs more fire engines and
fire stations at the local level, says Kathmandu’s fire
chief, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 15/10/2019)
Parbat
landslide victims receive homes within a year of the
disaster: 19 families move into newly built houses after
a year of struggle, by Aagandahr Tiwari (kp
15/10/2019)
Hailstorm
damages paddy in Myagdi’s Beni Municipality (ht
10/10/2019)
Women
face unequal vulnerabilities during disasters: The
phenomenon of male out-migration alters how women are
affected during natural catastrophes, by Shristi
Shakya (kp 03/10/2019)
Water,
disasters and people: The Koshi basin provides an
opportunity for transboundary cooperation to address and
manage shared disasters, and help save lives and
livelihoods, by Nishikant Gupta (rep 28/09/2019)
Lessons
learnt from the Bara-Parsa rainstorm reconstruction
programme: The Army-led programme showed how Nepal has
the capacity and capability to satisfactorily complete
reconstruction, by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (kp
27/09/2019)
Floods
triggered by heavy rains swept away two children and
properties: Bagarphant settlement in Beni was hit
hardest by the Saturday night's floods, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 23/09/2019)
Indian
contractor slow to start construction of embankment on
Narayani river: Several villages in Baniyi Tribedi Rural
Municipality are at risk of inundation in the absence of
a concrete embankment, by Narayan Sharma (kp
23/09/2019)
Disaster
management sections set up in all seven provinces
(ht 21/09/2019)
Three
noteworthy, interconnected but unusual events shaped the
2019 monsoon: The concerned response agencies must
revisit their usual response strategies and think of
innovative ways to address disaster, by Madhukar
Upadhya (kp 20/09/2019)
Incessant
rainfall destroys houses, infrastructure (ht
20/09/2019)
Heavy
rainfall inundates Nepalgunj (ht 19/09/2019)
Landslides,
floods destroy several houses (ht 18/09/2019)
Rajbiraj
inundated (ht 18/09/2019)
Six
killed in a landslide in Chherlobang, Rolpa: The
incident site is around 60 kilometres from Libang, the
district headquarters of Rolpa, by Kashiram Dangi
(kp 14/09/2019)
Jungu
settlement in Dolakha at high risk of landslides: A team
of geologists has advised the federal and provincial
governments to evacuate the landslide-prone settlement,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 11/09/2019)
869
houses handed over to windstorm victims of Bara: The
government allocated a budget to construct 1,453 houses
initially but later verified that only 881 houses needed
reconstruction, by Laxmi Sah (kp 05/09/2019)
Thunderbolt
kills 250 sheep, 300 more go missing in Jajarkot: The
locals collectively incurred a loss of around Rs 40
million in the incident, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp
04/09/2019)
Four
die in separate incidents (ht 04/09/2019)
Aathbiskot
residents at high risk of floods: On August 14, the
flooded Thuli Bheri river swept away 12 houses in
Mankabagar settlement, by Hari Gautam (kp
02/09/2019)
Mother,
two daughters killed in Jajarkot landslide, by
Dinesh Kumar Shrestha ()ht 02/09/2019)
Five
years on Surkhet flood victims still deprived of relief,
by Ganesh Bishu (rep 01/09/2019)
Baitadi
villagers reel under effects of landslides: Water
sources have already dried up and 100 hectares of
fertile land have been buried under landslide debris,
by Tripti Shahi (kp 30/08/2019)
Koshi
victims’ sit-in continues (ht 28/08/2019)
Flood
victims still not compensated (ht 28/08/209)
Province
2 government launches ‘green drive’ to prevent natural
disasters: The drive formally commenced with plantation
programmes from Sagarnath Forest Development Project in
Sarlahi, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 27/08/2019)
Landslides
displace dozens of families in Dolakha villages, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 27/08/2019)
260
households flee after flood in Bhotekoshi, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 20/08/2019)
Celebrating
#Womenhumanitarians: In the aftermath of disasters,
women’s specific humanitarian needs are often not
adequately identified nor responded to. Women and other
minorities face further marginalization during disasters,
by Indu Ghimire and Valerie Julliand (rep 19/08/2019)
Koshi
Barrage victims still await compensation, start relay
sit-in, by Amar Khadka (rep 18/08/2019)
MoEWRI
seeks Rs 382.60m to reconstruct flood-hit infrastructure
(ht 16/08/2019)
Relief
sought for drought, rain victims (ht 15/08/2019)
Embankments
destroyed in floods in Province 2 are being filled with
sandbags that are not strong enough to contain water:
Flood wary districts in the province face the same
ordeal every year but the authorities are yet to find a
permanent solution to this perennial problem, by Om
Prakash Thakur (kp 14/08/2019)
Flood-threatened
Sarlahi villagers say temporary embankment will not
stave off bank erosion: Rain-swollen Bagmati river has
already eroded hundreds of bighas of farmlands, locals
say, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp 09/08/2019)
Nineteen
squatter families take shelter under bridge after
windstorm blew their huts: The municipality has washed
its hands off of the problem, citing lack of budget to
move the squatters from the riverbank, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 06/08/2019)
Three
killed, seven injured in Baglung landslide: Three
critically injured people were airlifted to Kathmandu,
by Prakash Baral (kp 06/08/2019)
Landslide
in Chwaseghari buries a village, by Ramesh Khatiwada
(rep 04/08/2019)
Hit
by drought and then heavy rains, municipality asks
central govt for help (rep 04/08/2019)
Two
killed, one injured in Bajura's Gaumul landslide (ht
03/08/2019)
Flood
inundates over 3,000 hectares in Saptari, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 03/08/2019)
Locals
start repairing embankments, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(ht 01/08/2019) [Assuming basic tasks of incompetent government and
administration!]
Flood
and landslide victims await relief materials: Relief
materials provided by provincial government stuck in
godowns, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 31/07/2019)
Dozens
of human settlements in Bara district at high risk of
flood (ht 31/07/2019)
10
houses in Sisneri at high landslide risk, by Sher
Bahadur Jero (rep 31/07/2019)
Province
2 CM accuses Kathmandu of ignoring flood victims' plight
(rep 31/07/2019)
Koshi
victims demonstrate, send memorandum to PM (ht
30/07/2019), Rautahat
flood victims receive relief (ht 30/07/2019)
Gulmi
landslide victims receive relief, by Shiva Lal
Subedi (rep 30/07/2019)
Govt
told to adopt measures to prevent disasters (ht
29/07/2019)
Province
2 suffers agro loss worth Rs 3.59b due to floods,
landslides (rep 29/07/2019)
38
still missing in natural disaster: MoHA (rep
29/07/2019)
Whither
disaster preparedness? Enforcing disaster preparedness
is still a far cry in Nepal. Our efforts have been
mostly focused on response. And response mechanism is
activated only in time of emergency, by Som Nath
Ghimire (rep 28/07/2019)
Parliamentary
team inspects flood affected areas in Rautahat (ht
28/07/2019) [Immediate help
would be better than endess inspections by politicians!],
Relief
distributed to 143 flood victim families (ht
28/07/2019)
Damages
to agro, livestock in Province 2 at Rs 3.59bn till date
(ht 28/07/2019)
Access
to power decides where embankments get built: Report
(rep 28/07/2019)
Flood
victims picket municipality office in Rautahat district
(ht 27/07/2019)
Lowlands
in the mountains prone to unusual flood without rainfall,
by Santosh Pokharel and Harikrishna Gautam (rep
27/07/2019)
Nepalis
are dying from floods—and they repeat every year:
Between 1900-2005, 3.2 million Nepalis died in floods;
2.8 million of them were from the Tarai, by Amish
Raj Mulmi (kp 26/07/2019)
Disaster
governance: Regional framework needed, by Pradip
Khatiwada (ht 26/07/2019)
Susta
locals break Gandak canal’s wall to drain floodwaters:
Heavy monsoon rains inundated around 4,000 hectares of
paddy fields at Susta Rural Municipality in the past few
days, by Narayan Sharma (kp26/07/2019)
Landslides
disrupt road access to two rural municipalities in
Udayapur, by Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 26/07/2019)
Residents
of Bahrabise Municipality living at high landslide risk:
The landslide that occurred on Wednesday night was
aggravated not just by rain but by the haphazard
construction of roads, locals say, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 26/07/2019)
Rautahat
denizens fear more floods (ht 26/07/2019)
Monsoon
arrived over a month ago, but windstorm victims are
still waiting for homes: Government had announced that
families affected by windstorm in Bara and Parsa would
be resettled before the onset of monsoon, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 25/07/2019)
Bagmati
in spate, erosion puts settlements in peril, by
Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 25/07/2019)
Gulmi
landslides leave eight people dead, four others missing
75 families have been displaced in Satyawati region,
by Madhav Aryal (kp 24/07/2019), 9
killed, 4 missing in Gulmi landslides, by Shiva Lal
Subedi (rep), Twelve
feared dead in Gulmi landslides: Eight of a single
family among the victims. Bodies of six recovered, two
children missing, by Krishna Prasad Dhakal (ht
24/07/2019)
25
children killed by floods—and careless construction—in
Province 2 over nine days: Provincial officials say they
are determined to penalise contractors even as more
children continue to die, by Ajit Tiwari and Santosh
Singh (kp 23/07/2019)
Limchungbung
Rural Municipality in Udayapur declared a crisis zone:
The provincial government has agreed to airlift food to
floods- and landslides-affected areas, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 23/07/2019)
Recovery
of roads and bridges damaged by floods and landslides to
cost Rs220 million: Experts say haphazard construction
without proper study lead aggravates damage to
infrastructure, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
22/07/2019)
Three
hours of rainfall inundates northern Sarlahi, by
Tanka Chhetri (rep 22/07/2019)
Farm
produce rot as landslides disrupt highway (ht
21/07/2019), 3
districts in eastern Nepal isolated due to landslides,
by Giriraj Banskota (rep 21/07/2019), Obstruction
of Budhiganga River likely to cause outburst, by
Krishna Oli (rep 21/07/2019), Medicines
worth million of rupees damaged in Tarai floods: Health
authorities report a rise in cases of diarrheal disease
and snakebite, by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/07/2019)
Highway
obstruction affects examinees, food supply (ht
20/07/2019)
Risk
preparedness at all three levels of govt, by Binod
Pariyar (rep 20/07/2019)
Volunteering
during disaster: During the disaster, Nepal can rely on
a professional corps of volunteers, the first response
teams composed by citizens from all the walks of life,
by Simone Galimberti (rep 20/07/2019), Lack
of workers and equipment hampers landslide debris
clearance work: Officials say it will take at least
three months to clear landslide debris from the
Dharan-Dhankuta road section, by Ramesh Chandra
Adhikari (kp 20/07/2019)
Rehab
plan a must: It is high time a separate ministry
or a powerful authority to look into natural
disasters was formed in the country (ht
19/07/2019), People
in Khotang are forced to charter helicopters in times of
sickness as roadways are blocked by landslides: District
chief Bishnu Hari Upadhayay tells journalists ‘to not
report on unnecessary matters’ when he was asked about
the delay in road repair, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
19/07/2019), Taming
Floods And Landslides, by Ramesh Dahal (rn
19/07/2019)
Ministers
visit flood-hit areas in Saptari (ht 18/07/2019) [Such political visitors in great
number are not of any help for the people; the
politicians only waste money to massage their faces!],
Leaders
return without assessing situation (ht 18/07/2019),
Deuba
inspects disaster-hit areas in Rautahat (ht
19/07/2019), 60
percent schools in Mahottari inundated, by Mahesh
Kumar Das (rep 18/07/2019), Poor
disaster preparedness of local units piles misery on
flood victims, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 18/07/2019),
Lessons
to learn (rep 18/07/2019), 90
thousand families affected due to flood, landslide and
inundation: NRCS (rn 18/07/2019), Home
Ministry's landslide, flood update: 90 killed, 20 still
missing (rn 18/07/2019)
Flood
victims spend nights in makeshift shelters in Rautahat:
There’s a scarcity of drinking water and food, and a
lack of basic sanitation in a camp built for the
flood-displaced families on the banks of Bagmati River,
by Shiva Puri (kp 17/07/2019), Flood
victims left in a lurch, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht
17/07/2019), 40
per cent fisheries destroyed in Bara district (ht
17/07/2019), 'Early
warning system could have minimized flood damage',
by Sonam Lama (rep 17/07/2019), Floods
leave families in desperation: 'Only the poor have been
hit' (rep 17/07/2019), Flood
damages in hydro sector yet to be estimated (rep
17/07/2019)
Are
we prepared for the monsoon disaster? Local governments,
being the first responders, do not yet have the
training, financial support and technical know-how to
manage such crises, by Raju Chauhan (kp 16/07/2019),
26
houses at high risk of landslide in Panchthar (ht
16/07/2019), Flood
victims concerned about future, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(kp 16/07/2019), Flood death toll hits 79 (rep
16/07/2019), Snakebite
cases up in flood-hit areas (ht 16/07/2019), Lawmakers
indifferent toward plights of flood victims (rep
16/07/2019)
Both
Nepal and India have done little to address flooding
along the border, officials say: Inundation becomes a
hot button issue every monsoon, only to fizzle out in a
few months, by Anil Giri and Suresh Raj Neupane (kp
15/07/2019), Chure
degradation over the years has worsened floods in
Tarai districts Human activities are to blame for
massive flooding down the Chure hills, environmentalists
say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/07/2019) [Total disinterest by govt and administration!],
Riverside
squatters in Thapathali spend sleepless nights: When
water level rises, members of squatter households
keep vigil with torch lights, by Anup Ojha (kp
15/07/2019), Health
Ministry urges international agencies to extend help in
flood- and landslide-hit areas: Officials say three
teams of doctors are being deployed to flood-affected
areas in Pathlaiya of Bara district, Lahan of
Siraha district and Bardibas of Mahottari district,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/07/2019) [One
day earlier, the govt claimed that it does not need any
international help!], Faparbazaar
residents fear Chaurakhola entering their homes:
Crossing the swollen river to attend school is full of
risks for students in Faparbazaar (kp 15/07/2019), In
the way of the rivers: The recent floods are actually
man-made, or at least made worse by poorly-planned
infrastructure (kp 15/07/2019), Fresh
vegetables are becoming scarcer in Kathmandu Valley:
Deliveries of farm products shrink as floods wipe out
crops, causing prices to jump, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 15/07/2019), Flood,
landslides toll 60: Ministry of Home Affairs says 25
missing, more than 33,000 affected, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht), Relief
efforts insufficient, say victims: Floods, landslide
death toll climbs to 63 (rep), Govt
directed to search for people missing in floods, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 15/07/2019), 70,000
households affected in Rautahat (ht 15/07/2019), Rescue
and relief work starts in Siraha (ht 15/07/2019), Flood
risk looms large in Dhading (kp 15/07/2019), Hundreds
of families displaced, many villages inundated in
Saptari (ht 15/07/2019), Stay
alert: While it is easy to blame nature’s wrath for
causing death and destruction, one cannot dismiss man’s
folly for compounding the devastation (ht
15/07/2019), Most
roads still blocked, BP Highway reopens, by Jyoti
Shrestha and DB Budha (rep 15/07/2019), Rain
washes away hastily-blacktopped roads, by Narhari
Sapkota (rep 15/07/2019)
Extreme
rain pattern is unleashing more floods and landslides:
Country is faced with new weather adversity as death
toll from water-induced disasters continues to rise,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/07/2019), Why
are floods in Kathmandu getting severe each year? Urban
planners say a combination of reckless land use and
haphazard urbanisation is making Kathmandu prone
to more deadly floods, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
14/07/2019), Three
bridges, several roads damaged by floods, landslides:
Officials at the Road Department express fear that
water-induced disaster this monsoon might inflict more
damage on infrastructure than last year, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 14/07/2019), Floods,
landslides claim 43 lives: Meteorological department
warns people to stay alert for possible natural
disasters, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 14/07/2019), Floods
displace thousands in Tarai districts (ht
14/07/2019),
Power supply obstructed in flood-hit Tarai region
(ht 14/07/2019), Government
to expedite rescue, relief operation (ht
14/07/2019), Death
toll reaches 15 in Province 1, six still missing (ht
14/07/2019), Province
2, 3 to provide relief to disaster victims
(14/07/2019), Roads
obstructed in Panchthar, Bhojpur (ht 14/07/2019), Saptakoshi
records highest water level (ht 14/07/2019), 95
settlements at high risk of landslides in Bajura
district (ht 14/07/2019), 60
people killed, 26 missing in monsoon havoc, by
Nribesh Nepal (rep 14/07/2019), Govt
not to seek foreign help in present disaster: Local
units to be asked to lead rescue and relief effort
(rep 14/07/2019), Embankment
built by India causes flooding in Nepal, by Madan
Thakur (rep 14/07/2019), Over
1,000 houses inundated in Morang, 3 persons missing
(rep 14/07/2019), Loss
worth millions of rupees feared as Birgunj remains
waterlogged (rep 14/07/2019), One
dead, three missing as Kamala River sweeps away whole
family, by Anil Bhandari (rep 14/07/2019), Floods
cripple Mahottari (rep 14/07/2019), Flooding
Of 2019 In Nepal, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
14/07/2019)
Heavy
rains leave people at risk of floods and landslides:
Landslides obstruct road in several places; various
parts of Biratnagar inundated (kp 12/07/2019), Heavy
rainfall leads to flooding and landslides across
country, with 17 dead: Adverse weather to continue until
Sunday, with the possibility of heavy rainfall in
mid-hill and Tarai districts, predicts weather office,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal and Anup Ojha (kp 13/07/2019), Rain-induced
disasters claim 17 lives, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
13/07/2019), Floods
wreak havoc in Tarai, thousands displaced (ht
13/07/2019), Early
warning system minimises casualties (ht 13/07/2019),
At
least 21 killed, 8 missing, thousands displaced in
rain-related incidents (rep 13/07/2019), Highways
linking Kathmandu Valley blocked (rep 13/07/2019), Four
killed in Valley (rep 13/07/2019)
How
a three-decade old landslide is displacing a village:
The landslide has swept 2,200 hectares of land, damaging
arable land and community forest, according to the
District Project Implementation Unit, by Aash Gurung
(kp 10/07/2019)
Mitigating
multi-hazards: Futurism is going local, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 09/07/2019)
People
worry in disaster-prone Tarai villages as monsoon kicks
in: Prepare in advance, meteorologists advise, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/07/2019)
Risk
of Budhiganga blockage looms (ht 08/07/2019)
2
missing, hydropower projects damaged in Sidhuopalchwok
due to incessant rain, by Dhruba Dangal(rep
08/07/2019)
Flood
obstructs road to Rasuwagadhi, by Himnath Devkota
(rep 08/07/2019)
Two
men feared dead in Sindhupalchok flood: Government has
issued flood alerts for several rivers across the
country, by Anosh Tiwari (kp 08/07/2019)
Flood
alert issued for Kathmandu (ht 08/07/2019)
Lightning
strike claims 85 sheep and goats, by Suman Malla
(rep 06/07/2019)
First
installment of housing grant after five years, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 03/07/2019)
Beni
Bazaar at high risk of floods, landslides: Myagdi and
Kaligandaki rivers sweep away embankments in Beni Bazaar
every monsoon, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 29/06/2019)
Manang
locals hit hard as flood sweeps away Bailey bridge
(ht 29/06/2019)
Only
half prepared for floods in Nepal: Federalism was
supposed to decentralise disaster relief, but it hasn’t,
by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 28/06/2019) [Federalism
ist still not implemented thanks to incompetend and
anti-federal central leaders!!]
Nepal
Tarai learns from past floods: Small steps prepare the
plains for future floods as rampant construction sets
the stage for more tragedies, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
28/06/2019)
6
killed in lightning strikes in Dang and Rupandehi
(rep 26/06/2019)
Floods
wreak havoc in Gandaki (kp 24/06/2019)
17
days on Kailali windstorm victims yet to receive aid,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 24/06/2019)
Heavy
downpour inundates Nepalgunj, by Arjun Oli (rep
24/06/2019)
Indian
causeway on border inundates settlements in Banke:
Hundreds displaced, by Arjun Oli (rep 24/06/2019)
Settlements
in Makalu disconnected from several parts of
Sankhuwasabha: Landslides occur in about 90 places,
obstructing road, foot trails, by Dipendra Shakya
(kp 23/06/2019)
Disability-inclusive
disaster responseThe country should promote the
inclusion of people with disabilities in disaster
management, by Sudarshan Neupane (kp 23/06/2019)
Windstorm
survivors say they haven’t received aidWith help not
forthcoming, many families are taking loans to repair
their homes and buy food, but authorities claim they are
distributing relief in affected areas, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 23/06/2019)
Two
injured in storm in Sarlahi (rep 20/06/2019)
Windstorm
victims protest after their names went missing from the
beneficiary list: Protesters claim people’s
representatives removed their names for political
reasons as they supported a different political party,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 16/06/2019)
Children
in storm-affected districts unable to go to school,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal and Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
16/06/2019)
Fire
started by lightning destroys entire village in Banke
(rep 14/06/2019)
Windstorm
victims await relief under the scorching sun: Tarpaulins
distributed in windstorm-affected settlements fall short
of providing shelter, by Chitranga Thapa and Nirmala
Khadayat (kp 13/06/2019)
Yet
another storm hits Kailali within a week (ht
13/06/2019)
Locals
living along the Mahakali worry of possible floods and
landslidesThey blame the Mahakali River Control Project
for not paying attention to the construction of
permanent embankments, by Manoj Badu (kp 13/06/2019)
70
schools damaged in Kailali windstorm (ht 12/06/2019)
Fear
of landslides, floods, snakes gives sleepless nights to
Pulu police, by Suman Malla (rep 12/06/2019)
Threat
of landslides looms large in Taplejung district:
Unsustainable development works being carried out in
hill districts spell disaster for those living in
these areas, by Ananda Gautam (kp 11/06/2019)
Women
join hands to construct embankment in Mahakali RiverThe
construction work has been commissioned mostly to women,
giving them a chance at earning daily wages, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 11/06/2019)
Himalayan
ecology at risk: Global warming heightens it, by
Amar B. Shrestha (ht 10/06/2019)
Authority
starts assessing Koshi flood damageAn estimated 25,000
people have been affected by the river in the past 54
years, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 10/06/2019)
Another
windstorm hits western Nepal: Meteorologists say
windstorms are common in pre-monsoon season,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/06/2019), Dust
storm leaves trail of destruction, by Tekendra Deuba
(ht 08/06/2019), Strong
low-pressure system the cause (ht 08/06/2019), Dust
storm victims hungry, roofless, by Tekendra Deuba
(ht 09/06/2019), Windstorm
victims in Kailali district deprived of reliefOf the
7,000 houses damaged, 2,116 were destroyed in the
disaster, by Arjun Shah and Nirmala Khadayat (kp
10/06/2019), Relief
for Kailali dust storm victims still not worked out
(ht 10/06/2019), Provide
instant relief: The homeless families will not be able
to plant paddy if they do not have a roof over their
heads before the onset of the monsoon (ht
10/06/2019)
Number
of tornado victims drops after partially-damaged houses
removed from list of beneficiaries, by Upendra Yadav
(rep 05/06/2019), Tornado
victims forced to study under open sky (rep
05/06/2019)
isaster
resilience after Bara’s rainstorm: The government needs
to understand the importance of socio-cultural identity
when planning reconstruction, by Susumlata Tiwari
(kp 04/06/2019)
Disaster
risk management mechanism in the offing (ht
02/06/2019)
NGOs
filling gaps left by govt in post-tornado reconstruction
(rep 01/06/2019)
Bagmati
flood menace in Rautahat ends, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(rep 29/05/2019)
Activists
express concerns over meagre financial support to
wildfire victims: Stakeholders call for revising the
relief amount for victims of wildfires that claim 10
lives annually, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/05/2019)
Gobargadha
disconnected after India releases water into channel,
by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 26/05/2019), 90
families trapped as India diverts Koshi flow, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 26/05/2019) [India
once again proves its reckless behaviour towards Nepal!]
Four
days on, wildfire continues to spread in Pyuthan forests,
by Shamsher Bikram GC (rep 26/05/2019)
'Fake
flood victims' get relief grants in Surkhet, real ones
ignored, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 26/05/2019)
Save
the open space: As open spaces continue to shrink and
big houses are blossoming around, there is less chance
of surviving if an earthquake of a big magnitude hits
Kathmandu again, by Sandip Neupane (rep 26/05/2019)
Windstorm
blows away roofs of 200 houses in Nawalparasi district:
Crops and vegetables were also damaged in the area,
by Narayan Sharma (kp 23/05/2019)
Country
is going through worst wildfire season on record: Over
14,000 wildfire outbreaks reported in May alone, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/05/2019)
Hailstorm
destroys crops in Tanahun (ht 18/05/2019)
Wildfire
kills two, 13 houses damaged, by Lokendra Khanal
(rep 14/05/2019)
Woman
dies, two others hurt while trying to control forest
fire in Salyan: Fire at a community forest enters
settlement and destroys six houses, four sheds, by
Biplab Maharjan (kp 12/05/2019), Raging
forest fire that claimed a life and destroyed 10 houses
in Salyan is yet to be contained, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 13/05/2019)
Kutiyakabar
residents at riverbank erosion risk, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 09/05/2019)
Rainstorm
victims living under tents suffer from summer heat,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 07/05/2019)
Rainstorm
affects life in northern part of Mahottari, by
Rabindra Uprety (kp 30/04/2019)
Windstorm
destroys 148 houses in Janakpur, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 29/04/2019)
Disaster
incidentsare
on the rise in the country: Emergency Operation Centre
data shows over 50 percent increase in calamities in a
year that claimed 455 lives, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 28/04/2019)
Confronting
quake trauma: Are we better prepared for an earthquake
in 2019?, by Ojaswi Shah (kp 27/04/2019)
Crowded
Kathmandu’s
few remaining open spaces are steadily encroached upon:
Khula Manch housed thousands after 2015 earthquake. Now,
there is space barely for half a dozen families, by
Anup Ojha (kp 26/04/2019), After
public
outcry, authorities demolish illegal structures: But
people who had rented the sheds built at Khula Manch
paying hefty amounts of money say they have been
left in the lurch, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/04/2019), Khula
Manch shopkeepers decry ‘injustice’, by Biken K
Dawadi (rep 29/04/2019)
Each
tornado-hit household to get Rs 5.82 lakh (ht
26/04/2019)
Disaster
management in disarray in local units (kp
23/04/2019)
Families
of windstorm victims denied relief due to lack of
documents, by Laxmi Sah (kp 22/04/2019), Fear
among storm victims yet to subside (ht 22/04/2019)
National
Disaster Response Framework amended (ht 22/04/2019)
Disaster
Preparedness, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 20/04/2019)
Tools
for better seismic detection, by Sumesh Shiwakoty
(kp 19/04/2019)
Disaster’s
plight:
To truly mitigate the effects of disasters, efforts have
to be made to deal with a major underlying issue—poverty,
by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 17/04/2019)
Rainstorm
victims find it difficult to stay in tents in the summer
heat, by Pawan Yadav (kp 16/04/2019)
Triyuga
River’s
flood renders many landless every year: Government
prepares a strategy to control river havoc at a cost of
Rs 6 billion in 10 years, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp
15/04/2019)
Disaster
management bill for Kathmandu metropolis endorsed
(ht 13/04/2019)
Ministry
says rainstorm destroyed crops and cattle valued at
Rs507m, by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/04/2019)
Lightning
kills
more people than floods in Nepal: Topography is one
reason, but lack of public awareness poses a much bigger
threat, by Sonia Awale (nt 12/04/2019)
Victims
start clearing debris and repairing homes, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 12/04/2019)
Flood
victims set to get relief finally (ht 11/04/2019)
Hailstorm
adds to woes of storm victims (ht 10/04/2019)
Storm
victims rendered jobless, homeless (ht 09/04/2019),
Rainstorm-affected
Dalit settlement in Bara reels under water scarcity,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 09/04/2019), Ensure
fair distribution of relief, aids (rep 09/04/2019)
Local
levels ill-equipped to respond to calamities, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 09/04/2019)
Bodies
of
disaster victims to be preserved for a minimum of 12
years: New guidelines ask hospitals to have morgue and
cooling room, and authorities should give buried bodies
a unique tag for future identification, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/04/2019)
Lightning
claims 82 lives every year: NEOC (ht 08/04/2019)
Focus
on
recovery: While the government is quick to respond to a
natural disaster, its rehabilitation process is often
slow, at times forgotten altogether (ht 08/04/2019)
Villagers
in Bara still terrified: People in Bara are terrified
whenever they see clouds, by Madan Thakur (rep
08/04/2019), Most
Bara ‘tornado’ victims were poor, with weaker homes,
by Upendra Yadav (rep 08/04/2019)
What
hit Bara, Parsa last week? Preliminary findings of a
govt probe team point to tornado, by Ujjwal Satyal
(ht 07/04/2019)
Another
storm adds to victims’ woes, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(ht 07/04/2019), Rains
coupled with gale and hailstone affect life in Province
2, one dead in Sarlahi (kp 07/04/2019)
Army
to build houses for storm-hit, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
06/04/2019), After
mega
projects, government assigns Army to construct homes:
Security experts say the government decision could
give a message that the country’s civil
administration has failed, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/04/2019)
Government
says
it will rebuild homes for windstorm victims before
monsoon: Survivors have enough food, but not enough
mosquito nets and tarpaulin sheets, aid workers say,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/04/2019)
Fire
claims one, leaves four injured in Lazimpat (ht
06/04/2019)
Doctors
say
VIP visits to hospitals are hampering treatment:
Following Sunday’s natural disaster, high-profile
leaders have flown to Bara and Parsa districts, but that
is doing more harm than good, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/04/2019), Rainstorm
victims demand authorities to start reconstruction,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 05/04/2019), Gone
with the wind: Crops worth millions destroyed in
rainstorm, by Pawan Yadav (kp 05/04/2019), Who
should deliver tents, food to storm-hit?, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 05/04/2019), Post-partum
mothers seek nutritious diet (ht 05/04/2019), Kids
in storm-hit areas experience trauma (ht 06/04/2019)
Disastrous
management in Nepal: As the Bara tornado showed,
vulnerability to calamities increases with the lack of
preparedness, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 05/04/2019), Ground
zero in Pheta: Unprecedented, but not unforeseen, by
Kiran Nepal (nt 05/04/2019)
Lesson
On Disaster Response, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
05/04/2019)
Bagmati,
Lalbakaiya rivers raise flood alarm in Rautahat, by
Shiva Puri (kp 05/04/2019)
Storm-hit
Dalits living under open sky, by Prabhat Kumar Jha
(ht 04/04/2019), Shortage
of toilets, water hit storm victims hard (ht
04/04/2019), After
rainstorm disaster, villages face risks of disease
outbreak, by Arjun Poudel (kp 04/04/2019)
Authorities
should
learn from Sunday’s disaster that laid bare poor
preparedness: Experts; National Emergency Operation
Centre vows to tackle food, hygiene and security, among
other post-disaster challenges, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 04/04/2019), The
night
of the big wind: Incidents such as the recent rainstorm
cast doubt on the authority’s preparedness to deal with
disasters, by Amar Singh Pradhan (kp 04/04/2019)
NASA
to aid in controlling wildfire (kp 04/04/2019)
Bara
freak storm victims left in a lurch, by Prabhat
Kumar Jha (ht 03/04/2019)
MoHA
develops monsoon response plan (ht 03/04/2019)
Jugbudha
flood victims returning to their land after 11 years,
by Pushkar Bhandari (rep 02/04/2019)
No
lessons learned: When it comes to disaster preparedness,
it is high time the government learned from its past
mistakes (kp 02/04/2019), Poor
preparedness: The govt must create a dedicated body to
deal with natural disasters and rehabilitate the
displaced families (ht 03/04/2019)
27
killed in Bara storm (ht 01/04/2019), Death
toll from storm in Bara, Parsa rises to 29 (ht
01/04/2019), Bara,
Parsa was probably hit by the first wind storm of the
country: DHM (rep 01/04/2019), Bara,
Parsa
yet to come to terms with tragedy; Pheta Rural
Municipality in Bara district the worst hit; Three
villages completely damaged, by Pushpa Raj Khatiwada
(ht 02/04/2019), Huge
industrial loss suspected, damage likely to run into
billions, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 02/04/2019), Type
of disaster lost even on met dept, by Ujjwal Satyal
(ht 02/04/2019), Storm
leaves
trail of destruction in Bara, Parsa: 28 confirmed dead,
343 injured under treatment in Bara, Parsa hospitals;
300 return home after primary medication, seven
critically injured airlifted to capital, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 02/04/2019) [see pictures],
Rainstorm
leaves trail of devastation in its wake: Hundreds of
homes destroyed as a powerful wind travelling at a
velocity of 90kmph rips through Bara and Parsa districts
on Sunday evening, by Shankar Acharya and Bhusan
Yadav (kp 02/04/2019), Hospitals
overwhelmed by patients and their relatives, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 02/04/2019), Losses
from killer rainstorm expected to run into millions,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 02/04/2019), Storm
affects electricity supply (ht 02/04/2019), Electricity
supply restored in urban areas: Supply infrastructure
completely damaged in rural areas: Nepal Electricity
Authority (rep 02/04/2019), Deadly
windstorm
in Tarai districts exposes poor warning system and zero
preparedness: The authority concerned blames its failure
to forecast the windstorm on lack of technology, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/04/2019), More
radars could have helped avert storm havoc: Officials
(rep 02/04/2019), Relief
for storm victims, help pledges pour in (rep
02/04/2019), Pheta
completely ravaged, by Prabhat Kumar Jha and Ram
Sarraf (ht 02/04/2019), Government
to decide on aid after assessing damage (ht
02/04/2019), , Let’s
join
hands: Given the gravity of the situation,
it would be in everyone’s interest to engage in
the rescue and relief operation and not
bring politics in it (ht 02/04/2019), Tragedy
in Tarai: Reach out to the victims, alleviate the
suffering (rep 02/04/2019), Disaster-hit
students in dilemma as Class X board examinations
approach, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 03/04/2019), Storm
affects 1,502 households in Bara, Parsa (ht
03/04/2019), Storm
survivors struggle under open sky on empty stomachs,
by Madan Thakur and Upendra Yadav (rep 03/04/2019),
No
money for storm from PM Relief Fund (rep
03/04/2019), Province
2 govt to construct houses in storm-hit areas (ht
03/04/2019), Crops,
fruits across 3,736 bighas damaged in Bara (ht
03/04/2019), Village
turned into rubble within two minute, by Tanka
Chhetri (rep 03/04/2019), Birgunj
factories suffer huge losses in storm, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 03/04/2019), ‘We
need
shelter, we don’t need more food’: As politicians
promise money, survivors say they’ve heard it all
before; 'IIt looks like a game for political
leaders; they are competing with each other to make
announcements', by Anup Ojha and Laxmi Shah (kp
03/04/2019), With
no
roofs over their heads, villagers forced to sleep under
the open skyIn one Bara village, pregnant women and
elderly are facing the brunt of the disaster, by
Shankar Acharya and Laxmi Shah (kp 03/04/2019)
Early-warning
system helps minimize damage during floods, by Ram
Saran Tamang (rep 28/03/2019)
Wildfire
spreading at several community forests in Chure region,
by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 22/03/2019)
Towering
infernos: Fires are a disaster waiting to happen in
jam-packed Kathmandu (kp 06/03/2019)
Heavy
snowfall affects Jumla schools, by DB Budha (rep
23/02/2019), Heavy
snowfall obstructs road in Jumla district (ht
24/02/2019)
‘Panic’
is not a plan: Schools must have clear earthquake
response plans, by Dronashish Neupane (kp
20/02/2019)
95
settlements in Bajura at high risk of natural disasters
(ht 16/02/2019)
Two
years after flood, displaced await delivery of
government’s promises, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp
13/02/2019) [Government failure
to provide assistance!]
Properties
worth Rs 50m gutted, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/02/2019)
Cold
wave hits life in Kailali (ht 11/02/2019)
Frozen
snow makes life difficult in Manang and Mustang, by
Santosh Pokharel and Sushil Thakali (rep 11/02/2019)
Snowfall
affects life in Karnali (ht 10/02/2019)
Environmentalists
urge government to study climate change impact on
Taplejung glacial lakes, by Ananda Gautam (kp
02/02/2019)
Rising
deaths from lightning worry NEOC (ht 31/01/2019), Lightning
safety, a neglected issue, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
31/01/2019)
2
shepherds, 200 cattle trapped in Dhading cave, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 28/01/2019), Search
for those missing in landslip begins (ht
29/01/2019), Hindung
at risk of being swept away by landslips: Cops, locals
continue search for persons missing after landslide
(ht 30/01/2019), Trapped
herders found dead after six days, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 02/02/2019)
Landslide
in Mustang after heavy snowfall, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 24/01/2019), Landslide
blocks Kali Gandaki (ht 24/01/2019), Hundreds
of travellers stuck in snow in various districts (kp
24/01/2019), Flights
snowed out, roads blocked, people forced indoors (ht
24/01/2019), Inclement
weather
disrupts life across nation: Snow renders
Solukhumbu-Kathmandu road impassable while Baitadi is
without power for past four days (kp 25/01/2019), Snowfall
affects children, senior citizens in Bajhang, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 26/01/2019), Far-west
receives heaviest snowfall in 20 yrs (ht
26/01/2019), Snowfall
severely affects life in Mustang, Manang (ht
27/01/2019), No
let-up in snowfall, Bajura hit hard (ht 28/01/2019),
Heavy
snowfall in mountain districts (rep 28/01/201p9)
Multipurpose
evacuation centre to be built in Lalitpur (ht
22/01/2019)
Earthquakes
in Nepal: Unlearned and undocumented, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 16/01/2019)
Bordering
villages at a high risk of erosion, by Pant (kp
13/01/2019)
42,000
people killed in natural disasters in last 45 years
(ht 13/01/2019)
Rubble
without a cause: Lack of intentional and research-driven
disaster preparedness is a serious dilemma in Nepal,
by Raju Chauchan (kp 11/01/2019)
Three
children die in fire (kp 10/01/2019)
Losses
from calamity up 74% in 2018: 1,454 killed, Rs 9.76
billion lost to calamities in past three years, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 09/01/2019)
Fire
destroys 13 houses in Humla (kp 07/01/2019)
87
killed, 342 hurt in 2,478 incidents of fire last year
(ht 06/01/2019)
10
homeless persons die due to cold in Kathmandu in 15 days
(ht 03/01/2019)
One
dead, another injured in landslide (kp 03/01/2019)
Ensuring
dam
safety: While dam construction is gaining pace, Nepal
does not have dam safety legislation and policies to
enforce effective dam safety management program, by
Mohanath Acharya and Keshab Sharma (rep 03/01/2019)
Cost
of
displacement: The three tiers of government have to work
in tandem to rehabilitate the displaced families to
engage them in the productive sector (ht 02/01/2019)
Kalikot
fire victims left to shiver in the cold (rep
27/12/2018), Relief
pour in for Kalikot fire victims, by Pabitra Kumar
Shahi (rep 29/12/2018), Karnali
Province announces Rs 43.5m aid to Palata fire victims
(kp 30/12/2018), Karnali
Province to establish integrated settlement in Khadagaun
(rep 30/12/2018), Drunk
revellers sparked fire in Khada, say police: Ward
secretary of Palata-1 Bishnu Kanta Pyakurel held for
investigation, by Tularam Pandey (kp 07/01/2019)
'Wildfire
goes out of control in Khotang' (rep 27/12/2018)
Samagaun’s
forest fire out of control since two days (rep
26/12/2018)
Fire
destroys
39 houses, displaces 285 people: The provincial
government of Karnali provides immediate relief
for the fire victims, by Tularam Pandey (kp
25/12/2018), Fire
guts 87 houses, seven injured, cattle perish: Villagers
left under open sky, by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep
25/12/2018)
Fires
claimed
87 lives, gutted property worth Rs 4b in a year: None of
the 460 rural municipalities in Nepal and most of the
municipalities have their own fire trucks, by Biken
K Dawadi (rep 24/12/2018)
Changu
Narayan to get disaster rescue centre (kp
15/12/2018)
Three
children die in house fire, by Durgalal KC (kp
15/12/2018)
Property
worth Rs 50 million gutted in Tulsipur (ht
15/12/2018)
Glacial
lake danger lurks: Fighting climate change under Everest
shadow (kp 12/12/2018)
Families
displaced by 2014 Jure landslide are still without homes,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 01/12/2018)
Fire
destroys properties worth over Rs 16 million in
Mustang village (kp 30/11/2018)
Four
of a family charred to death in Jhapa fire, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 27/11/2018)
Fire
destroys 30 homes in Baglung, by Prakash Baral (kp
26/11/2018)
Better
to be prepared: The planned National Disaster
Management Authority must be formed without delay,
by Suman Kumar Karna (kp 18/11/2018)
Fire
victims to spend winter in tents, by Suman Malla
(rep 04/11/2018)
Emergency
operations procedure developed (ht 28/10/2018)
‘Wrong
policies’ responsible for rise in disasters (kp
14/10/2018)
Disaster
response drill starts in Capital (kp 26/09/2018)
Jogbudha
River floods Mahakali Municipality (kp 26/09/2018)
Residents
at risk after mining and rains crack Chambas land,
by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 22/09/2018)
Jogbudha
River erodes farmland in Kanchanpur, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 20/09/2018)
246
killed, 2,430 injured in disasters in five months
(ht 20/09/2018)
Two
killed, nine injured in Gosainkunda landslide (kp
17/09/2018)
Koshi
flood inundates settlement in Saptari (ht
17/09/2018)
Two
killed, four injured in Humla landslide (kp
16/09/2018)
‘Make
media integral part of disaster reduction strategy’
(kp 16/09/2018)
Relief
as dammed river starts overflowing, by Prakash
Baral (kp 16/09/2018), Overflow
of blocked Badigad River offers respite to locals,
by Sangam GHarti Magar (rep 16/09/2018)
Seven
people injured as fire engulfs building in Jyatha
(kp 12/09/2018)
2
die, 6 missing as boat capsizes in Begnas, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 09/09/2018), All
6 missing bodies of boat capsize recovered, by
Deepak Pariiyar (kp 10/09/2018), Boating
in Begnas Lake? Beware!, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
10/09/2018)
Go
home or live in integrated settlement, Surkhet flood
victims told, by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep 07/09/2018)
Koshi
river flood victims demand compensation, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (rep 06/09/2018)
3
siblings die as landslide buries home in Salyan (kp
04/09/2018)
Locals
have sleepless nights due to fear of flood, by Madan
Thakur (rep 02/09/2018)
Procedure
for operating disaster mgmt fund drafted (ht
02/09/2018)
No
more discounts on chartered rescue flights for Nepali
citizens (rep 01/09/2018)
300
families at risk of flooding in Rautahat (ht
01/09/2018)
Four
family members perish in Okhaldhunga landslide (kp
31/08/2018)
Plan
and prepare: Floods should not be forgotten after the
monsoon because they are a national issue, by
Madhukar Upadhya (kp 31/08/2018)
Five
family members die in house collapse (kp 30/08/2018)
Koshi
River inundates 300 homes in Saptari, by Abadesh
Kumar Jha (kp 29/08/2019), Floods
inundate villages in Saptari, over 500 families affected,
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 29/08/2018), Three
days on, Saptari flood victims still without food,
water, shelter (rep 30/08/2018)
Budhiganga
River erodes paddy fields in Bajura, Achham; poses
threat to settlements (ht 29/08/2018)
Disaster
Puts Nalgad Residents in darkness (kp 29/08/2018)
Three
boys missing in Kamala River (kp 27/08/2018)
Two
dozens missing as boat capsizes in Lalbakaiya, by
Shiva Puri (kp 26/08/2018), Two
bodies
found in India, at least three others missing;
Twenty-four survivors, including five women, come to the
authorities’ contact by Sunday, by Shiva Puri (kp
27/08/2018), Rautahat
locals blame Pappu Construction for boating accidents,
by Madan Thakur (rep 27/08/2018), Demand
for action against Pappu Construction from all quarters,
by Madan Thakur (rep 28/08/2018), Ex-lawmaker,
local demand action against Pappu Construction, by
Madan Thakur (rep 29/08/2018)
Kailali
faces threat of floods from four rivers, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 26/08/2018)
With
no embankments, Rapti River makes more people homeless,
by Arjun Oli (rep 26/08/2018)
Landslide-displaced
locals facing hard time (ht 26/08/2018)
Landslide
displaces 135 families: Latest rain-induced disaster
sweeps away four homes in Budiganga, by Arjun Shah
(kp 25/08/2018)
Police-led
search,
rescue unit proposed: Local agents of international
rescue, insurance companies barred from getting involved
in search and rescue ops, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
23/08/2018)
Karnali
river erosion continues, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp
22/08/2018)
Dozens
of houses at risk of landslide in Dolakha (ht
21/08/2018)
Flood
sweeps away bridge, Bahrabise Bazaar inundated (ht
20/08/2018)
Floods
destroy 19 homes in Nuwakot, by Krishna Thapa (kp
19/08/2018), Flood
wreaks havoc in Nuwakot, by Bhagwati Lama (rep
18/08/2018)
400
students of Nalgad unable to go to school as flood
washes way bridges, by Janak KC (rep 18/08/2018)
Shreelanka
Tapu locals living in fear of floods (ht 18/08/2018)
Bagmati
erosion raises flood alarm, by Shiva Puri (kp
16/08/2018)
Five-year
high water level in Saptakoshi (ht 16/08/2018)
Floodwater
gushes into houses in Anamnagar (ht 16/08/2018)
Landslide-dammed
Bheri bursts with ruinous force (kp 15/08/2018)
Metropolis
to build firefighting training centre in 15 months,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/08/2018)
Flooded
Mahakali erodes Bayalbanda embankment, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 14/08/2018)
Koshi
water level rises markedly (rep 14/08/2018)
Worst
flood
in '3 decades' hits Mustang: District headquarters
Jomsom cut off as flood sweeps away homes, apple
orchards and roads (rep 13/08/2018), Roofs
of upper Mustang houses leaking due to heavy rain,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 14/08/2018)
One-month-old
baby dies, two other children injured in Bajhang
landslide; In Achham, a massive landslide blocks
Mid-Hill Highway, stranding hundreds of passengers;
efforts were on to resume the highway traffic until late
Sunday afternoon (kp 13/08/2018)
Dozens
of settlements at high risk of landslides, by
Krishna Oli (rep 12/08/2018)
28
households of Hungi at risk of displacement due to
haphazard road construction, by Mukti Prasad Neupane
(rep 12/08/2018)
Fire
and
water: The ancient town of Sankhu doesn’t have a fire
station of its own but it does have ponds. Now its
residents are repurposing old technology to meet modern
needs, by Astha Joshi (kp 11/08/2018)
Flood
forces Mohanpur residents to flee to India, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 10/08/2018)
Village
without water after landslide damages water tank, by
Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 10/08/2018)
Landslides
trap Bulung village; hinder rescue, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 09/08/2018)
Four
years on, Babai flood victims still waiting for aid,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 09/08/2018)
Locals
fear another nightmare as Karnali River gushes toward
settlement areas, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 09/08/2018)
Desertion
at
earthquake camp: Hundreds of families leave Gupsipakha
earthquake camp and return to Laprak, their old village
that has been declared unsafe for human habitation by
geologists, by Hariram Uprety (kp 08/08/2018)
Flood
in Bagmati and Lal Bakaiya rivers creating panic among
locals, by Madan Thakur (rep 08/08/2018), As
Bagmati roars, squatters live in uncertainty, by
Diya Dhakal (rep 08/08/2018)
Havoc
as wild weather floods parts of Valley (kp
07/08/2018)
75
houses in Khalanga town face danger from landslides,
by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 07/08/2018)
Nine
killed as landslide buries houses, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 06/08/2018)
Madhyapur
Thimi inundated again (ht 06/08/2018)
Khalanga
landslips halt traffic, 48 homes at risk, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 05/08/2018)
Landslides
keep kids away from school, by Anish Tiwari (kp
03/08/2018), 7
Nuwakot families left without homes: Scores of
households in Dupcheshwor, Shivapuri, Suryagadhi, Tadi,
Kispang, Meghang, Belkotgadhi and Bidur are at high risk
(kp 03/08/2018), Swollen
Mahakali erodes embankment, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
03/08/2018)
Deaths
related to disasters on the rise (ht 01/08/2018)
Lack
of telecom network drops Tsho-Rolpa lake level updates,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 31/07/2018)
‘Province
1 govt well-prepared against disasters’ (kp
31/07/2018)
Recurrent
landslides trouble residents of Jibajibe municipality
(kp 30/07/2018)
Dozens
of settlements at risk of landslip (ht 30/07/2018)
Landslide
victims recount their survival tales, by Himnath
Devkota (krep 29/07/2018)
Mahakali
River erodes banks in Kanchanpur, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 28/07/2018)
Dreams
buried by landslides (rep 28/07/2018)
Nine
people die in Timure landslide, by Balaram Ghimire
(kp 27/07/2018)
Midnight
landslide kills 9 in Rasuwa village, 12 rescued, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 27/07/2018)
Flood
victims
worried about experiencing nightmare again: Locals fear
that they might again have to shelter in schools and
temples like last year, by Amar Khadka (rep
26/07/2018)
Three
persons perish in Rolpa landslide (kp 24/07/2018)
A
dozen villages in Mugu at high risk of landslides
(kp 23/07/2018)
4
killed in Bajhang landslide, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 22/07/2018), Landslide
kills 4, girl disappears in river (kp 22/07/2018)
Mahalisagar
dam inundates paddy farms of Kapilvastu, by Kiran
Man Bajracharya (rep 22/07/2018)
Flood
wreaks havoc on major flower farm of Kavre, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 22/07/2018)
Landslide
in India raises flood fear among Khalanga residents,
by Manoj Badu (kp 21/07/2018)
Dam
in India floods rice fields in Kapilvastu (kp
21/07/2018)
Landslide
buries two-storey house in Suryagadhi (kp
20/07/2018)
Authorities
divert Lalbakaiya River to stop floods in Inarba, by
Shiva Puri (kp 20/07/2018)
Landslides,
floods
kill four people; scores displaced: Landslide damages 27
houses, a primary health centre and a mill at Burtibang
Bazaar Dhorpatan Municipality-1 in Baglung district
(kp 19/07/2018)
Stakeholders
fear Saptakoshi high dam would bring even bigger
disasters, by Amar Khadka (rep 19/07/2018)
Villagers
fear landslide due to rampant deforestation, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 19/07/2018)
Govt
fails to deliver relief to flood-affected Gobargadha,
by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 18/07/2018)
What
flooded
Bhaktapur? What will happen if 260 mm rainfall like that
of 1990 occurs now? The cities and roads will be
waterlogged for days, causing immense suffering to
people, by Rajaram Prajapati, Bhesh Raj Thapa and
Rocky Talchabhadal (rep 17/07/2018)
Locals
fear being displaced by Bagmati River, by Tanka
Shrestha (rep 17/07/2018)
Saptakoshi
at red alert; flood hits Gobargadha (kp 16/07/2018),
Two
school girls drown in Bajhang (kp 16/07/2018)
Rasuwa
villages at high risk of landslides, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 15/07/2018), Flood
alert raised in Koshi settlements, but no imminent
danger (rep 15/07/2018), High
risk of landslides in hills, floods in Tarai (rep
15/07/2018)
Heavy
rains
inundate Bhaktapur: Three die in Changunarayan
landslide; Over 3,000 residents displaced; 500 people
unable go home for ‘two more days’, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/07/2018) [NCP MP demands action against persons who
circulate information on the situation, obviously to
prevent information on the govt's inactivity to prevent
such disasters!!], Bhaktapur
inundated, by Om Astha Rai and Bikram Rai (nt
13/07/2018), Flood
victims
help one another as they try to recover from disaster:
Over 500 homes still submerged; Several families without
relief until late Friday afternoon, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/07/2018), Thimi
area limping back to normal after flood, by Diya
Dhakal (rep 14/07/2018), Floods
cause damages worth Rs 119 million in Bhaktapur (kp
17/07/2018)
Houses
on Seti River banks facing landslide threat (ht
13/07/2018)
Flood
destroys six homes in Naugadh village, by Manoj Badu
(kp 12/07/2018), Dozens
of settlements under risk of floods, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 12/07/2018), 53
die, 9 missing in rain-related incidents in past 9 days
(kp 12/07/2018)
Monsoon
starts stealing sleep of flood victims, by Arjun Oli
(rep 10/07/2018)
Saptari
flood victims get houses (ht 10/07/2018)
Experts
warn of 'river disasters' caused by development
activities (rep 09/07/2018)
Two
Lamjung villages in grip of landslip fear, by Ramji
Rana (ht 09/07/2018)
Rautahat
villagers quiver as threat of floods increases, by
Shiva Puri (kp 08/07/2018), Monsoon
to become more active from Sunday, risk of floods likely
(rep 08/07/2018)
Jhapa
floods: One dead, scores displaced (kp 06/07/2018)
Flood
fury continues, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/07/2018), Settlement
in Damak at high risk after floods breach embankment,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 05/07/2018)
Rains
wreak havoc (kp 03/07/2018), Nine
dead, three missing in floods, landslides (kp
03/07/2018), Rain-induced
disasters kill seven: Dozens of settlements across
country at high risk (rep 03/07/2018), Landslides
obstruct highways (rep 03/07/2018), Ministry
alerts authorities about possible floods and landslides
(rep 03/07/2018), Rains
bring severe flooding, inundation, by Ritesh
Tripathi and Arjun Oli (rep 03/07/2018), Heed
the warning: Flood and landslide risks (rep
03/07/2018), Monsoon
pain:
Though we have been facing flood and landslide risks
every single year, we still lack dedicated and
functional institutions for disaster preparedness and
emergency response, by David Kainee (rep
03/07/2018), Water
levels in major rivers may cross danger mark (ht
03/07/2018), Monsoon
devastates life across country (ht 03/07/2018)
Floods
loom as rainfall continues (kp 02/07/2018), Kailali
villages face flood risk, by Mohan Budhair (kp
02/07/2018), Monsoon
preparedness: Govt must take early actions to mitigate
impacts of flood during the rainy season (kp
02/07/2018), Dozens
of Rautahat villages at high risk of floods, by
Madan Thakur (rep 02/07/2018), Rautahat
gripped with fear of floods (ht 02/07/2018)
Landslides
once again wreak havoc in Saiswara village, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 01/07/2018)
Local
levels told to focus on disaster preparedness (ht
01/07/2018)
5
die as landslips sweep houses, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (29/06/2018)
Locals
of northern Dhading live in constant fear of landslides,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 29/06/2018)
Landslide
threat over Sigarche: The Sigarche residents have
demanded the authorities to resettle them elsewhere,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 28/06/2018)
Daily
landslides plague travelers on Mugling-Narayanghat road:
314 big and small landslides occurred during last year,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 28/06/2018)
Young
couple and infant perish in Baglung landslide, by
Prakash Baral (kp 237/06/2018)
15
Tehrathum
villages face landslide threat: District chief Bednidhi
Khanal says the concerned villages have been notified
about the danger (kp 26/06/2018)
With
the arrival of monsoon, tarai settlements fear floods,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 25/06/2018)
Heavy
rainfall inundates Damak Bazar, by Yuvraj Biwash
(rep 24/06/2018)
Embankment
construction gathers pace as monsoon advances, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 22/06/2018)
Clarion
calls to relocate airport fuel storage tanks (kp
20/06/2018)
Landslide
threat looms over Liping, Tatopani, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 19/06/2018)
Govt
to keep NA teams on standby for disaster response
(kp 19/06/2018) [More preventive
measures would have been better!], Govt
alerts provinces, local units on monsoon menace (rep
19/06/2018), Govt
weakness main cause behind disaster casualties: Home
Minister (rep 19/06/2018), Disaster
preparedness: Govt’s decision to focus on readiness as
much as response a welcome move (kp 21/06/2018)
Before
the
rain sets in: Heavy rains and the disasters unleashed by
them are not an anomaly; they happen almost every year.
But when will we learn to be proactive?, by Mohan
Guragain (kp 16/06/2018)
Swollen
Koshi River stalls boat service. by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 13/06/2018)
Onset
of monsoon triggers flood fears in Madhes, by Madan
Thakur (rep 11/06/2018), Stay
prepared: Saving lives from monsoon (rep 11/06/2018)
Saptari
locals living in fear of floods (ht 10/06/2018)
Before
the
flood: Are we prepared? Despite Nepal being a natural
disaster-prone country, the authorities appear little
focused on counter measures, by Ram Saran Tamang
(rep 10/06/2018)
Sarki
Tol residents install gabion boxes along Chudhar River,
by Bhawani Vhatta (kp 08/06/2018)
Millions
of rupees meant for flood victims likely to freeze
(ht 08/06/2018)
Bholiyani
residents face double threat of flood, landslide, by
Manoj Badu (kp 07/06/2018)
Quake-injured
languishing under govt neglect, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 07/06/2018)
Fear
of floods, landslides looms as monsoon approaches,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 06/06/2018)
Flood
victims still awaiting under tents for relief, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 05/06/2018)
Disaster
response plan on the anvil: Experts say strengthening
capacity of local level crucial for saving lives (kp
03/06/2018)
Thunderbolts
claimed 105 lives in a year: Home Ministry (kp
02/06/2018)
Houses
at high risk of floods, landslides (ht 02/06/2018)
Overnight
storm wrecks 200 homes in Tikapur (kp 31/05/2018)
Wildfires
destroy local flora and fauna in Kailali forests, by
Panta (kp 31/05/2018)
‘Relocate
villages threatened by landslides’, by Aash Gurung
(kp 24/05/2018)
Wildfires
burn more than 500ha of forestland in Salyan (kp
24/052018)
Four
girls drown in Lumbini (kp 22/05/2018)
Disproportionately
disadvantaged: Entrenched gender biases make women more
vulnerable to disasters and its effects, by Jyotika
Rimal (kp 20/05/2018)
Flood
starts taking toll well before monsoon: Sundari River
inundates Dalit settlement, by Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep 20/05/2018) [Dalits are not
in the focus of the male Bahun leaders' attention!!]
Storm
leaves banana farmers reeling in Bara, by Pawan
Yadav (kp 19/05/2018)
Flood
victims fear yet another disaster as monsoon approaches
(ht 19/05/2018)
Flood-affected
families seek aid, by Shiva Puri (kp 17/05/2018)
Pre-monsoon
madness: Only through coordinated response can we
minimise the damages from natural disasters that hit us
every year (kp 16/05/2018)
Storm
batters
far-western Tarai: One killed, more than 300 families
are affected as strong winds blow away roofs of houses
in Kailali, Kanchanpur, by Arjun Shah, Ganesh
Chaudhary and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 15/05/2018), Rupandehi
villages ravaged (ht 15/05/2018), Storm-hit
people forced to live under open sky (kp 16/05/2018)
Manthali
floods sweep away girl, 19, as debris flows into homes
and shops (kp 15/05/2018)
Mahakali
embankment project incomplete after five years, by
Manoj Badu (kp 15/05/2018)
Rautahat,
Siraha
villages exposed to flood threats: The Department of
Water Induced Disaster Management says the embankments
at Bagmati and Lalbakaiya rivers could not be repaired
due to fund shortage, by Shiva Puri (kp14/05/2018)
Banana
crop destruction: Hailstorm leaves thousands of bunches
on the ground, by Nabin Poudel (kp 13/05/2018)
Storm
tears through eastern Tarai region, killing three people
(kp 10/05/2018)
Floods
put people at high risk (ht 09/05/2018)
Incoming
monsoon triggers fears of landslides, accidents, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 09/05/2018)
Bajhang
flood kills five people (kp 07/05/2018)
Flash
floods, landsldies wreak havoc in Bajhang, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 04/05/2018), Landslide
buries jeep killing three people in Subeda (kp
04/05/2018)
Fire
destroys 18 houses (kp 04/05/2018)
Hailstorm,
rain destroy apple crops in Jumla, by LP Devkota (kp
03/05/2018)
Plight
of Rapti flood victims still not addressed, by Arjun
Oli (rep 02/05/2018)
Govt
upgrades technology to mitigate flood damage (kp
01/05/2018)
Hailstorm
destroys veggie worth Rs48m, by Madhav Aryal (kp
01/05/2018)
Call
for collaboration to reduce disaster risk (ht
30/04/2018)
Lightning
bolt kills two people (kp 29/04/2018)
Massive
fire destroys four buildings in Itahari (kp
29/04/2018)
Rain
and hailstones bring nightmares to farmers, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 29/04/2018)
‘Make
disaster recovery policies gender-responsive’ (ht
28/04/2018)
Lightning
emerges as second deadliest natural calamity (ht
28/04/2018)
Geological
Society calls for mitigating quake risks (kp
27/04/2018)
Local
units to the rescue: Depending overly on the security
forces for disaster management is not a good idea,
by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (kp 27/04/2018)
Forest
fire spirals out of control (kp 27/04/2018)
Bardiya
National Park fails to combat fire: Blaze raging for
past three weeks displaces wild animals, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 24/04/2018)
Storm
blows away Myagdi school roof (ht 22/04/2018)
Hailstorm
wreaks havoc in Tanahun (ht 21/04/2018)
Forest
fires at BNP at big risk of going out of control
(rep 20/04/2018)
Past
disasters
foretold: Preparing western Nepal for a future megaquake
is now even more urgent than reconstruction in areas hit
by the 2015 disaster, by Om Astha Rai (nt
20/04/2018), How
prepared are we for the next big one?, by Sashi
Shrestha (nt 20/04/2018), Thamel
gets back to business, by Nischhal Pradhan, Raila
Rai and Prasong Rupacha (nt 20/04/2018)
Quake
victims find solution to water woes (ht 19/04/2018)
Experts
urge new body to manage landslides (kp 17/04/2018),
‘Create
relief fund to help disaster victims’ (kp
17/04/2018)
Dhankuta
forest fires put many settlements at risk (kp
17/04/2018)
Don’t
drag feet: Action must be taken against gas bottling
plants that undermine public safety (kp 17/04/2018)
Fires
destroy eateries and factory in Rautahat (kp
16/04/2018)
Fires
gut properties worth over Rs3m in two districts (kp
15/04/2018)
Bhatbhateni
inferno damages properties worth ‘Rs 100 million’
(kp 09/04/2018)
13
houses gutted, woman dies (ht 09/04/2018)
‘Managing
disaster requires joint effort’ (kp 06/04/2018)
‘Fires
damage 2,300 hectares of forest so far this season’
(kp 06/04/2018)
Chure
foothills at high risk of flood-induced disasters,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/04/2018)
Itahari
flood victims still in makeshift tents, by Amar
Khadka (rep 02/04/2018)
Farmers
hit hard as hailstorm batters Rautahat (ht
31/03/2018), Rautahat
hailstorm victims await government relief (ht
01/04/2018)
GLOFs
threaten Hindu Kush region (kp 27/03/2018)
Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management act-2017: Make bylaws for
Act’s effective implementation, say experts (kp
26/03/2018)
Fire
destroys thousands of hectares of forest, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 26/03/2018), ,
Wildfires
spread into Parsa National Park, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 27/03/2018), Forest
fires inflict Rs 20m damage on Dhankuta (kp
27/03/2018)
Wildfires
threaten Katari settlements (kp 26/03/2018)
Wildfire
destroys a dozen community forests in Dhankuta (ht
25/03/2018)
Batar
fire victims want roof over their heads (kp
21/03/2018)
Burning
issue:
Strengthening municipal fire services can save lives and
property hence municipalities’ capacities must be
enhanced (ht 20/03/2018)
85
houses
destroyed in fire: Municipality distributed blankets and
food while disaster management panel gave Rs5,000 to
each homeless family, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
19/03/2018) [related to Barahachhetra Municipality Ward No
11 in Sunsari], 70
houses gutted, two injured in blaze (ht 19/03/2018)
Trial
by
fire: The burning question after Monday’s plane crash
is: Are we well-equipped with personnel and gears to
fight massive fires? (ht 19/03/2018)
Rising
mercury, wind spark wildfires in Udayapur (ht
19/03/2018)
Forest
fires put Thori locals at risk (kp 19/03/2018)
CNP
starts measures to prevent fire (kp 18/03/2018)
Flood-troubled
Gobargadha villagers to relocate to safer place (kp
18/03/2018)
Ensuring
Sound Disaster Preparedness, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn 16/03/2018)
Cascading
hazards: Need to focus on research, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 15/03/2018)
Fire
ruins property worth Rs 1.5m (kp 13/03/2018)
Hailstorm
wreaks havoc on crops, fruits (ht 13/03/2018)
Flood
victims want govt to build embankment before monsoon,
by Amar Khadka (rep 13/03/2018)
Whither
public
safety? LP gas filling plants, plastic and chemical
factories and petrol pumps are found anywhere posing a
great risk to public safety, by Vikash Raj Satyal
(rep 13/03/2018)
Data
delays
deny aid to flood victims in Chitwan district: District
office says the aid could not be distributed as the
local bodies delayed the submission of updated damage
assessment report, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
12/03/2018)
Nearing
monsoon makes flood victims restless, by Jitendra
Kumar Jha (rep 11/03/2018)
Victims
displaced by landslide deprived of government services,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 10/03/2018)
Four years on, plights of Surkhet flood victims sees no
end, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 10/03/2018)
Wind
fuels Pyuthan wildfire out of control, by Giru
Prasad Bhandari (kp 08/03/2018)
Fire
destroys 30 houses in Humla (kp 04/03/2018)
Towards
risk preparedness: The govt must introduce disaster risk
management policies to save lives and minimise damage,
by Bed Prasad Dhakal (kp 04/3/2018)
Putalisadak
fire destroys property worth millions, by Anup Ojha
(kp 27/02/2018)
Playing
with
fire: Lax policies and oversight have made the
distribution of petroleum products a dangerous
game for suppliers, workers and customers alike, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 17/02/2018)
Three
girls die in Rasuwa house fire (kp 11/02/2018)
Fire
rages in Badipakha (kp 10/02/2018)
Days
of
reckoning: Proposed 300 meters high dam in Koshi has
been brought to save Bihar from flooding and shift
inundation to Nepal, by Aditya Man Shrestha (rep
07/02/2018)
Flood
victims get new homes, by Pawan Yadav (kp
07/02/2018)
The
long
path to recovery: The government urgently needs
contingency credit for humanitarian or livelihood
support when disaster occurs, by Nara Hari Dhakal,
Nav Raj Simkhada and Mayumi Ozaki (kp 02/02/2018)
Bio-embankment
a boon in Bisanpur (kp 29/01/2017)
Fire
destroys 17 houses in Humla, Rolpa (kp 28/01/2018)
Sounding
the
alarm: Extreme hydrological events are on the rise,
showing that the effects of climate change can be
immediate and severe, by Santosh Nepal and Arun B.
Shrestha (kp 18/01/2018)
Flood
victims facing hard time (ht 17/01/2018)
Fault
lines: Broadening quake hazardscape, by Dipendra
Gautam (ht 16/01/2018)
Saving
lives
during disasters: Without proper education on sanitation
and their use, milk substitutes do more harm than good,
especially in disaster-hit areas, by Manoj Suji (kp
14/01/2018)
18
landslide displaced families get land deeds (kp
11/01/2018)
A
flood of evidence: As glacial lakes are increasing in
size, the risk of outburst floods is also rising, by
Finu Shrestha and Chimi Seldon (kp 31/12/2017)
‘Women’s
issues must be addressed separately’ (ht 29/12/2017)
Itahari
flood victims demand embankments, by Amar Khadka
(rep 27/12/2017)
3
gas botting plants within 300m: Banepa locals are left
terrorised after massive fire at Super Gas plant in
Birgunj last week (kp 25/12/2017), Ticking
time bomb: Public safety should not be undermined at any
cost (kp 26/12/2017), Only
4 out of 55 LP gas plants have received NS certification,
by Kushal Basnet (rep 27/12/2017), NOC
forms panel to enforce safety norms (kp 28/12/2017),
Super
gas udyog explosion: Panel blames operational errors
(kp 16/01/2018)
Birgunj
LPG bottling plant fire kills two firefighters, by
Bhusan Yadav (kp 21/12/2017), Gas
fire leaves locals in terror, by Shankar Acharya (kp
22/12/2017), Injured
firefighter succumbs to burn injuries, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 23/12/2017)
125
makeshift huts handed over to flood displaced in Morang
(kp 21/12/2017)
Earthquake
disaster: Reconstruction and recovery, by Bidyaman
Mahatara (ht 12/12/2017)
Prez
stresses implementation of Disaster Management Act
(kp 29/11/2017)
Boundary
walls: Multi-hazards, by Dipendra Gautam (ht
28/11/2017)
UNDP,
Himalayan Consensus join forces for crisis prevention
(kp 16/11/2017)
Fire
fighting: 3 more stations planned for swift response,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/11/2017)
Six
accelerometer centres to be built (kp 07/11/2017)
Cabinet
approves special package for flood victims (kp
07/11/2017)
Kathmandu
among 26 cities in South Asia ‘at high risk of disaster’
(kp 02/11/2017)
Include
them too: One important element missing from the current
framework is the role for emergency volunteers, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 31/10/2017)
Disaster
risk reduction: Critical for Nepal, by Krishna Raut
and Renaud Meyer (ht 26/10/2017)
Lightening
protection towers built in Makwanpurgadhi (kp
20/10/2017)
Glaciers
cause damage to Annapurna Base Camp (kp 15/10/2017)
Unnatural
disasters, by Tom Robertson (rep 15/10/2017)
Compensation
for flood-affected only after PDNA (ht 10/10/2017) [??]
Foul
play suspected in Morang fire that killed four of a
family (ht 05/10/2017)
3
drown, 3 missing in Sarlahi river (kp 04/10/2017)
Fire
engulfs 40 houses in Balkhu settlement (kp
01/10/2017)
Bardiya
flood survivors brace for joyless festival, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 27/09/2017)
Three
years on, state of flood victims no better (ht
26/09/2017)
Disaster
management bill registered in Parliament, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/09/2017), House
endorses disaster risk management bill: To replace law
on natural calamities enacted in 1982, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 26/09/2017), Acting
on the Act: Disaster Management Bill is passed by
Parliament, but will it be implemented meaningfully?,
by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 06/10/2017)
Taking
responsibility: Government must reassess its future
priorities and formulate an efficient post-disaster
relief system, by Bardia Ahey (kp 24/09/2017)
Flood
losses not as bad as initial estimates: NRB (kp
24/09/2017)
Flood
recovery
plan set to exclude tenant farmers: While the government
announced a Rs 1.25 billion agricultural recovery
package, this aid is unlikely to reach farmers because
they lack formal documentation certifying tenancy,
by Petert Gill and Bhola Paswan (kp 23/09/2017)
4
of a family die in Morang house fire, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 22/09/2017)
Preparation
is key: School based Disaster Risk Reduction is
essential for a resilient community, by Sangmo
Yonjan Tamang (kp 19/09/2017)
The
road ahead: Problems posed by inundation can only be
solved if authorities show commitment (kp
15/09/2017), Float
or
sink: Home Minister says there are no boats to rescue
flood victims; what did we do with all of that climate
money then? Huge financial and technical assistance has
poured into Nepal from multilateral as well as bilateral
donor agencies, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp
15/09/2017), Preparing
for
the next one: In a federal system, disaster management
should be a provincial responsibility with federal
oversight, by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (kp 15/09/2017)
Flood
damage insurance claims total Rs2.5 billion (kp
15/09/2017), Non-life
insurance companies receive flood-related claims worth
Rs 2.13bn (ht 15/09/2017)
Flood-resistant
houses in six months: Govt (kp 14/09/2017) [Don't
believe in it! The people in earthquake affected
districts have already been waiting in vain for two and
a half years!!]
Nowhere
to go: Rainwater fills streets because open areas have
been built up and rivers have shrunk, by Jagannath
Adhikari (kp 14/09/2017)
Flood,
landslide hits Panchthar (ht 12/09/2017)
Murky
Tamur River threatens livelihood, by Siddharaj Rai
(rep 11/09/2017)
Flood-displaced
locals in Sarlahi await support from government (ht
10/09/2017) [Another case of denial of
assistance!!]
Root
canal:
One way to control floods is to dig up a national canal
spanning the length of the country just below the edge
of the hills touching Madhes, by Sukhdev Shah (rep
10/09/2017)
Under
water: A culture of better preparedness has to be
developed at the local level, by Mandira Singh
Shrestha and Bijay Khadgi (kp 08/09/2017)
Flotsam
(nt 08/09/2017), Between
the cracks, by Bhola Paswan (nt 08/09/2017)
Landslide
survivors
say aid has not reached them yet: Landslide-displaced
families from the indigenous Chepang communities in
Santhali, Sarling and Shyamrang villages of Chitwan are
living like destitutes, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
06/09/2017)
Flood
control: No easy outlet, by Hari Bansh Jha (ht
04/09/2017)
High
and dry: Keeping food safe and available during natural
disasters is as important as rescue efforts, by
Peetambar Dahal, Durga D. Poudel and Krishna Belbase (kp
03/09/2017)
Securing
the
insecure: A holistic approach to disaster management
calls for attention to social elements which are often
overlooked, by Avasna Pandey (rep 03/09/2017)
Landslides
displace 15 families (ht 03/09/2017)
Floodwaters
create havoc in Nuwakot (kp 02/09/2017)
A
flood of grievances: A reporter’s diary from a week-long
field visit to the flood-hit Tarai, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/09/2017)
Border
wall: With embankments on three sides Rautahat was ripe
for disaster, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 01/09/2017)
Flood
and food: Many farmers in the Tarai will have no harvest
until next year, by Sunir Pandey (nt 01/09/2017)
Billions
spent on river training projects went down the drain?
Officials blame ‘extreme weather events’ for recent
Tarai floods , by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/09/2017)
A
stitch in time: Timely early warnings give
flood-vulnerable communities adequate time for flood
preparedness and respons, by Ujol Sherchan (kp
31/08/2017)
Hunger
and diseases further victimize flood victims, by
Kalendra Sejuwal and Arjun Oli (rep 31/08/2017)
Rs
350 million required for Morang flood victims (ht
29/08/2017)
Floods
destroy infra worth Rs 1b in Banke (kp 28/08/2017)
Khalanga
landslide imperils 2 dozen houses, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 27/08/2017)
Flood
affected squatters forced to drink contaminated water,
by Tekendra Basyal (rep 27/08/2017)
Prepare
for next year: Let’s build dams, dykes and levees to
hold monsoon waters in the laps of the hills,
by Surendra Bahadur Sijapati (kp 27/08/2017)
Monsoon-related
disasters: Govt to unveil rebuilding plan within three
months (kp 26/08/2017) [??]
Early
warning, by Man B. Thapa (nt 25/08/2017)
Organisations
distribute relief materials to flood victims (ht
24/08/2017)
Dharan
flood survivors off govt relief radar, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 23/08/2017)
No
end in sight to plight of Saptari flood victims (ht
22/08/2017)
Flood
victims urge for shelter instead of relief, by Arjun
Oli (rep 22/08/2017)
Chure
conservation a must to prevent flooding: Expert, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 22/08/2017)
Monsoon
claimed 143 lives: MoHA (kp 21/08/2017)
Lesson
for
disaster preparedness: Disaster Risk Management and
renegotiations with India a must to mitigate future
flood disasters, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp
20/08/2017), A
stitch in time saves nine, by Saurav Bashyal (ht
20/08/2017), Floods,
Cold Waves And Routine Disasters, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 21/08/2017)
Govt’s
languid approach leaves flood victims hungry and angry,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 20/08/2017),
Women,
children deprived of treatment, by Santosh Singh (kp 20/08/2017), Diseases
break out in flood-hit areas (ht
20/08/2017), Sunsari
flood victims in miserable condition (ht
20/08/2017), Family
in grief after losing six members (ht 20/08/2017)
Hoping
against
hope: Despite their losses, the residents of
Hatkhola, Biratnagar, are already trying to get
back up on their feet, by Milan Poudel (kp
19/08/2017), Deluged:
Displaced
residents of Tarai’s eastern belt grapple with the
immediate devastation wrought by the floods, acutely
aware of the potential long-term impacts, by Madhav
Ghimire (kp 19/08/2017), After
the
flood: The possibility of the outbreak of water-
and food-borne diseases continues to loom large
even as waters recede from flood-hit regions, by
Manish Gautam (kp 19/08/2017), Lessons
learnt:
The government has once again adopted a one-door policy
for the distribution of relief materials, but
reports from the ground suggest this has only
further complicated the process, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 19/08/2017), Govt
to provide Rs 70 a day to flood victims (rep
19/08/2017) [???], Crowd
funding raises millions globally for flood victims,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 19/08/2017), Landslide
victims seek long-term solution, by Sangam Gharti
Magar (rep 19/08/2017), Displaced
twice, Dang flood victims losing hope, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 19/08/2017)
Landslide
displaces five families; entire village at risk (kp
18/08/2017), Hundreds
of industries shut in flood-hit areas (ht
18/08/2017), Provide
Rs 5 lakh to kin of flood victims, govt told (ht
18/08/2017), ‘Make
donations through official channel’ (ht 18/08/2017),
12
killed, 15,000 families displaced in floods in Sunsari
(ht 18/08/2017), No
respite for Rautahat flood victims from govt (ht
18/08/2017), In
deep water (nt 18/08/2017), Disastrous
unpreparedness, by Ajaya Dixit (nt 18/08/2017)
Floodwaters
wipe
out Rs 8b worth of crops: Damage could cast a shadow on
the economy that was on rebound; Disaster likely to
create pressure on farmer incomes and inflation, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/08/2017), Flood
survivors feel snubbed as they wait for relief to arrive,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/08/2017), Long
recovery ahead for Baijanapur folk (kp 17/08/2017),
Jhapa
flood victims under viral fever grip: A local health
post official says the facility is running out of
medicines, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 17/08/2017), Private
sector joins flood relief effort (kp 17/08/2017), Declare
Rautahat crisis-hit zone: Locals (ht 17/08/2017)
Disaster
communication:
Missing link; After the 2008 Koshi floods we saw flood
victims burn donated clothes to use them as cooking fuel,
by Saugat Gautam (rep 16/08/2017)
Rain
drain: Govt should coordinate helping hands from
private donors and individuals, not create hurdles
(kp 16/08/2017), Flood
victims await relief, rehabilitation (ht 16/08/2017),
Flood,
landslide death toll reaches 111; 35 missing; Lawmakers
press govt to speed up relief work (ht), Monsoon
Mayhem Grips Nation, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
16/08/2017), Threat
of diseases looms in southern plains (kp
16/08/2017), Essential
medicines, health workers wanting: Dhurmus Suntali
Foundation (kp 16/08/2017), Tilathi
villagers not to accept govt relief: Say the state has
always given short shrift to them, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 16/08/2017), People
camp out on postal highway awaiting relief, by
Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 16/08/2017), Home
ministry mobilises 26,700 employees for search, rescue
and relief operations (ht 16/08/2017), Morang
flood victims awaiting relief (ht 16/08/2017), Things
getting better in Saptari as weather improves (ht
16/08/2017), Flood
victims terrified over possibility of epidemics, by
Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 16/08/2017), Rice
distributed by Katwal Trust to Saptari flood victims
found rotten, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
16/08/2017), Starving
flood victims struggling for food, by Ritesh
Tripathi (rep 16/08/2017)
Water,
Water Everywhere…, by Prem Khatry (rn 15/08/2017), Flood
toll soars to 91, victims await relief: Local officials
call for immediate measures to prevent disease outbreaks
(kp 15/08/2017), Death
toll rises as floodwaters recede (ht 15/08/2017),
Victims
cold and hungry while govt sits on billions in relief
funds (rep 15/08/2017), Govt
bars NGOs, individuals from distributing relief directly
(rep) [???????],
Govt
adopts 1-door policy on relief distribution (kp
15/08/2017) [And in front of
this single door sit politicians and administrators who
do nothing, just as after the earthquakes of 2015!!],
Relief
materials yet to reach victims (ht 15/08/2017), Delay
in
relief puts flood hit people at risk: Many families have
not had anything to eat in days; Polluted water and poor
sanitation raise fear of disease outbreaks, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 15/08/2017), Thousands
displaced in central Tarai districts (kp
15/08/2017), Over
35 taken ill with diarrhoea and dysentery in Mahottari
(kp 15/08/2017),
With no
place to bury, family dumps 5-year-old dead child in
Koshi, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (ht 15/08/2017), Fear
of landslides leaves Damdi locals sleepless, by
Daman Rai (rep 15/08/2017), Security
personnel walk 10 hrs to reach flood victims, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 15/08/2017), Assess
the situation fast: Latest disasters could push
the vulnerable back into the trap of poverty
(kp 15/08/2017), Power
restored in most districts in eastern Nepal
(kp 15/08/2017), Floods
wash away paddy fields, fish ponds in Dhanusha, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 15/08/2017)
Disastrous
disaster preparedness: Diplomacy and institutional setup
in disaster risk management would benefit us all, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 14/08/2017), Troubled
waters: As experience post 2015 earthquake showed,
coordination is key in times of natural disasters
(kp 14/08/2017), Flood
havoc: Natural disasters like flooding and landslides
are inevitable and we should be prepared for impending
disasters (ht 14/08/2017)
At
least
30 killed in floods, landslides: 15,000 houses inundated
in Saptari, 50,000 people affected; Highways, hundreds
of settlements affected in other districts (kp
13/08/2017), Monsoon
wreaks havoc, claims 30 (rep,
Heavy
rains to continue for a few days: DoHM, ba Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 13/08/2017), Lack
of bridge hits school-going children, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 13/08/2017), Most
districts in eastern, central Tarai sans power (kp
13/08/2017), 28
killed, 11 missing in floods and landslides (ht
13/08/2017), PM
directs security bodies to rescue victims immediately
(ht 13/08/2017), MFD
forecasts rainfall until tomorrow (ht 13/08/2017), Incessant
rainfall wreaks havoc in Tarai (ht 13/08/2017), Nepali
Army starts relief, rescue mission (ht 13/08/2017),
Floods
displace 2,500 families in Saptari, by Byashsankar
Upadhyay (ht 13/08/2017), 4,000
houses inundated (ht 13/08/2018), 600
tourists trapped in Sauraha floods (ht 13/08/2017),
Death
toll reaches to 49; more rainfall forecasted during
evening (rep 13/08/2017), Indian
embankment causing inundation in Banke, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (rep 13/08/2017), Floods
claim
57 lives across country: Unusual weather phenomenon hits
all of the country, inundating whole of Tarai and
affecting the Hills as well, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 14/08/2017), Health
experts warn of disease outbreaks (kp 14/08/2017), Lalitpur
worst hit in Valley by monsoon, by Ankita Bhetwal
(kp 14/08/217), KU
schools at Hattiban inundated (kp 14/08/2017), Parts
of East Nepal crippled by floods, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 14/08/2017), Communication
infra in Eastern Tarai in disarray (kp 14/08/2017),
Govt
says no food shortage in disaster-hit areas (kp
14/08/2017) [??], Flood
leaves tourists stranded in Sauraha, by Bimal
Khatiwada and Shiva Puri (kp 14/08/2017), Hundreds
of Bara, Rautahat households displaced (ht
14/08/2017), Hundreds
of houses in peril in Dhanusha, Mahottari, Siraha
(ht 14/08/2017), Flood
hits four dozen villages in Saptari (ht 14/08/2017),
Thousands
of flood victims in Morang left in a lurch, await relief
(ht 14/08/2017), Doctors
issue epidemic alert to flood victims (ht
14/08/2017), Death
toll rises to 66, over 35 still missing in floods,
landslides (ht 14/08/2017), Power
distribution affected across the country: NEA, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 14/08/2017), Six
die as ambulance carrying woman in labor washed away,
by Madan Thakur (rep 14/08/2017), Indian
roads next to border caused tarai floods: Minister,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 14/08/2017), Flood
death toll climbs to 80: Nepal Police, by KP
Dhungana (rep 14/08/2017)
Short-circuit
biggest cause of fire in Valley (ht 13/08/2017)
400
houses inundated in Tilathi: One person feared dead, by
Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 11/08/2017), More
than 300 houses inundated in Saptari (ht 11/08/2017), 50
houses at high risk of landslides in Dolakha, by Gokarna
Prasad Bhandari (ht 11/08/2017), Three
killed in landslides (kp 12/08/2017), Incessant
rainfall damages dozens of houses (ht 12/08/2017), Several
villages inundated in Saptari district (ht 12/08/2017), 1500 houses
inundated, 350 families displaced in Saptari, by Jitendra
Kumar Jha (rep 12/08/2017)
Flash
flood
wreaks havoc in Kaski village: Police say the flash flood
washed the debris of a landslide and deposited rocks, sand and
mud in the settlement, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
10/08/2017)
Landslide
threat looms large over Dhading village: 30 families at
Hindung in Ruby Valley flee homes, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 09/08/2017)
Red
light goes up at Koshi barrage (ht 09/08/2017)
3
killed, another feared dead in Rasuwa landslide: 61 families
displaced at Pairebesi and Kuwapani n Water supply cut off in
Nuwakot district headquarters, by Krishna Thapa (kp
08/08/2017)
Two
Lamjung villages face high risk of landslide (ht
08/08/2017)
Monsoon
causes deluge, deaths (kp 06/08/2017), People
living near Babai, Karnali banks fear for life, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 06/08/2017), Landslides,
flood threaten more than 100 houses in Rasuwa (rep
06/08/2017), Two
dead, one missing in Nawalparasi flood, by Kalpana Bhattarai
(rep 06/08/2017)
Rs500,000
aid to Khimti flood victims (ht 06/08/2017)
8
killed in landslides, floods (kp 05/08/2017), Torrential
rains set off floods in West (kp 05/08/2017), Attention
drawn to flood, landslip victims’ plight (ht
05/08/2017)
Rain-fed
streams kill 3 people in Kapilvastu: Heavy rainfall
inundates around 50 houses in Nawalparasi (kp 04/08/2017)
School,
house collapse due to heavy rainfall in Lomanthang of Upper
Mustang (ht 04/08/2017)
Nepal’s
tall buildings: Fire safety concerns, by Ananta R. Baidya
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