Two
die, one goes
missing in
Baglung floods
(kh
06/09/2024)
From
early warning
to action :
Using early
warning
systems will
be a challenge
without
accurate
localised
forecast
capabilities,
by Dinee
Tamang and
Laxmi Awasthi
(kp
05/09/2024)
Earthquake
jolts Nepal’s
Sindhupalchowk
district
(kh
03/09/2024)
Thame
GLOF Rings
Alarm Bells,
by Regab
Sapkota (rep
01/09/2024)
4.2
magnitude
earthquake
strikes Manang
(kh
31/08/2024)
Three
seriously
injured by
lightning in
Khotang
(kh
31/08/2024)
Tremor
felt in Bajura
(kh
29/08/2024)
Alert
issued as
India prepares
to open
Dhauliganga
Dam (kh
29/08/2024)
Khotang’s
Chekethum at
high risk of
landslides
(kh
29/08/2024)
210
killed in
natural
disasters
across Nepal
since June 10
(kh
28/08/2024)
Monsoon
devastation
claims 208
lives across
the country
(kh
28/08/2024)
Water
level in
Bagmati River
crosses danger
point (rep
26/08/2024)
Monsoon
mayhem: Toll
hits 203 in
Nepal (kh
26/08/2024)
Floods
becoming too
frequent and
devastating,
by Binod
Prasad
Parajuli and
Maheshwar
Dhakal (rep
25/08/2024)
Ramechhap
landslide
claims two
lives, eight
missing
(kh
25/08/2024), Ramechhap
landslide: Six
dead bodies
recovered
(kh
25/08/2024), Midnight
landslide
kills six
people, four
more missing
in remote
village in
Ramechhap
district :
Landslide in
Myagdi
district in
western Nepal
buries three
houses while
another
landslide in
fareastern
Taplejung
district
destroys a
house, by
Kedar
Shiwakoti (kp
26/08/2024), Doramba
landslide:
Death toll
reaches 8
(kh
28/08/2024)
195
people killed
in natural
disasters
since June 10
(kh
24/08/2024)
Lives
on the line in
the Himalaya :
The Thame
flood showed
climate risk
is a given,
and Nepal has
no choice but
to be prepared,
by Sonia Awale
(nt
23/08/2024)
Permafrost
burst triggers
avalanche in
Mustang,
blocking
Ghatte Khola
(kh
23/08/2024)
Cloudburst
in Kanchanpur
caused Rs 1.5
billion in
loss:
Administration
(kh
23/08/2024)
Over
500 houses
inundated in
Kailali
(kh
22/08/2024)
Flood
warning:
Bagmati river
levels surge
past alert
threshold
(kh
21/08/2024)
Twenty-eight
earthquake-affected
settlements in
Jajarkot and
Rukum West at
risk of
landslides :
District
disaster
management
committee
calls for
speedy
relocation of
22 settlements
in Jajarkot
and six in
Rukum West due
to looming
disaster risks,
by Krishna
Prasad Gautam
(kp
20/08/2024)
Monsoon
disaster:
Death toll
climbs to 190
(kh
20/08/2024)
Debris
flow risks in
homes and
highways : Our
rescue-centric
preparedness
is in place,
but it’s far
from
effectively
preventing
risks, by
Madhukar
Upadhya (kp
19/08/2024)
Monsoon
disasters
claim 182
lives, 233
injured, and
cause
extensive
damage across
Nepal (kh
18/08/2024)
Landslide
blocks Araniko
Highway,
strands
hundreds
(kh
17/08/2024)
Massive
flood in Dudh
Koshi river,
suspected
glacier lake
burst (kh
16/08/2024), Dudhkoshi
flood
devastates 40%
of houses in
Thame village
(kh
16/08/2024), Dudh
Koshi Flood:
Bad weather
halts
helicopter
rescue
operations
from Kathmandu
(kh
16/08/2024), Dudhkoshi
Flood Update:
Five rescued,
one missing,
20 houses
inundated
(kh
16/08/2024),
Dudhkoshi Flood:
Security
personnel
conduct search
and rescue
operations in
Thame (kh
16/08/2024),
IN PICS: Massive
flood in Dudh
Koshi
river
devastates
Nepal’s Thame
village
(kh)
16/08/2024,
Dudhkoshi flood
sweeps away
dozen houses,
hotels,
school, and
clinic in
Solukhumbu
(kh
16/08/2024), Study
team to visit
Thame after
devastating
flood in Dudh
Koshi river
(kh
17/08/2024), Flooding
in Thame river
continues to
erode land,
displaces
residents
(kh
17/08/2024), Flood
disrupts
movement above
Namche, cuts
off Everest
route (kh
17/08/2024), Defense
Minister Rai
visits
flood-hit
Khumbu,
distributes
monetary
relief (kh
17/08/2024), Rare
flood destroys
20 houses, a
school and a
clinic in
Everest
village : One
person has
gone missing
after Thame
River swamps
settlement in
Khumbu Pasang
Lhamu Rural
Municipality,
by Dambar
Singh Rai (kp
17/08/2024), Glacier
lake burst in
Nepal’s Khumbu
region
triggered
massive flood
in Thame river
(kh
17/08/2024), Catastrophic
flash flood
halts traffic
movement to
Namche, the
gateway to
Everest
(rep
17/08/2024), Aerial
inspection
ties Thame
flood to
glacial lake
outburst :
Experts and
officials say
Friday’s
Everest region
disaster came
after two
small bodies
of water burst
their banks,
by Binod
Ghimire (kp
18/08/2024), 'Thame
flood a clear
example of the
"catastrophic
impacts"
increasing
global
temperatures'
(rep
18/08/2024), Catastrophic
Flash Flood in
Thame:
Lawmakers
suggest govt
seek
compensation
from int’l
community
(rep
19/08/2024)
Citizens
urged to adopt
caution citing
swollen Arun
River (rn
14/08/2024)
Monsoon
disasters so
far kill 211,
Bagmati,
Gandaki report
more losses
(rn
14/08/2024)
Monsoon-related
disaster
claims 173
lives (kh
13/08/2024)
Search
for passengers
and two buses
missing in
Trishuli river
continues a
month on :
Rescuers have
intensified
search along
Ghumaune
Kerabari to
Bhorle stretch
downstream,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
13/08/2024)
Incessant
rainfall:
Authorities
warn of floods
and landslides
(kh
11/08/2024)
Road
obstruction
affects daily
life in
northern
Dolakha : The
local
residents are
finding it
hard to manage
daily
essentials
after
transportation
was disrupted
on the
Dolakha-Singati
road, by
Kedar
Shiwakoti (kp
11/08/2024)
Baglung
landslide
displaces 50
families
(kh
11/08/2024)
Earthquake
felt in
eastern Nepal
(kh
09/08/2024)
170
dead in
monsoon-induced
disasters
across Nepal
(kh
09/08/2024)
Monsoon
catastrophe
claims 167
lives,
displaces
thousands
(kh08/08/2024)
Twelve
people killed
after
landslides
bury homes in
Baglung and
Gulmi
districts.
Four missing,
12 injured
(kp
07/08/2024)
Monsoon-related
disasters
claim 154
lives in Nepal
(kh
06/08/2024)
Looming
landslide
forces 182
members of 42
families to
evacuate
Lamjung
settlement :
Displaced
people have
found
temporary
shelter with
relatives, in
schools and
under tents,
by Aasha
Gurung (kp
06/08/2024)
Report:
Rural roads
constructed by
Bharatpur
metropolis
caused
Simaltal
landslide
(kh
06/08/2024)
Earthquake
of magnitude
4.2 jolts
Taplejung
(rep
04/08/2024)
Not
enough : Nepal
clearly does
not have the
right
equipment and
manpower to
handle highway
disasters
(kp
02/08/2024)
Monsoon
menace:
Navigating
heavy rains,
by Shreya
Shrestha (ae
02/08/2024)
Fire
destroys
property worth
over Rs 20
million in
Bhaktapur
(kh
02/08/2024)
Torrential
rains disrupt
life in
several
districts :
Floods claim
three lives,
displace
scores.
Various
locations in
Kathmandu
submerged
after rivers
breach banks
(kp
01/08/2024)
Two
laborers
missing after
flood in
Bhojpur
(kh
31/07/2024), Heavy
overnight
rains cause
flooding in
Kathmandu
(Photos) (kh
31/07/2024), One
person dies
after being
swept away by
Balkhu river
flood (kh
31/07/2024), Balkhu
vegetable
market flooded
after last
night’s
rainfall
(In Pictures)
(rep
31/07/2024), 36
people rescued
from Kathmandu
flood (rep
31/07/2024)
55
people
disappear in
Trishuli River
in 8 years
(kh
31/07/2024)
Nepal
to seeks
China’s
assistance in
Simaltal
landslide
search efforts
(kh
31/07/2024)
Five
people
missing, two
injured in
Gorkha
landslide :
The landslide
triggered by
heavy rains
swept away a
farm and a
house on
Sunday
morning.
Floods and
landslides
have blocked
roads in
several
districts,
by Hariram
Upreti (kp
29/07/2024), Dharche
landslide:
Search for
missing
continues
(kh
29/07/2024)
Simaltal
bus accident:
Indian rescue
team returns
empty-handed
after weeklong
search :
Indian divers
say Trishuli
river’s depth
and current
are far
greater than
initial
expectations,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
29/07/2024)
Earthquake
jolts
Taplejung
(kh
28/07/2024)
Three
girls die in
landslide in
Ramechhap
(kh
26/07/2024)
Landslide
obstructs
Pasang Lhamu
road: over 100
vehicles
stranded at
Rasuwagadhi
(rn
25/07/2024)
High
water levels
in Kathmandu
Valley rivers
prompt
cautionary
measures
(kh
23/07/2024)
Landslide
blocks
Kaligandaki
corridor
(kh
23/07/2024)
We
should move
towards
impact-based
forecasts : In
the case of
floods, we
have succeeded
in saving
lives through
alerts. We are
not so
successful in
other
disasters,
interview with
Jagadishwor
Karmacharya,
director
general of the
Department of
Hydrology and
Meteorology
(kp
22/07/2024)
APF
rescues 25
stranded in
Mohana River
flood (kh
21/07/2024)
Achham
landslip
victims
languish in
temporary
shelter : It
is not
possible to
send the
landslide
displaced
people home
anytime soon
as the risk is
still there,
chief district
officer says,
by Menuka
Dhungana (kp
21/07/2024)
Jhapa’s
Biring and
Aduwa rivers
face imminent
flood danger :
Water reaches
"dangerous
levels"
(kh
18/07/2024), Rastriya
Sabhagriha
complex
flooded due to
heavy rain
(kh
18/07/2024)
125
people killed
in
disaster-related
incidents
since June 10
(kh
18/07/2024)
Reaping
Benefits from
Loss and
Damage Funds,
by Sudan Kumar
Oli (rep
18/07/2024)
Earthquake
jolts Mugu
(kh
17/07/2024)
Tackling
the Growing
Challenges of
Urban Flooding,
by Kedar Karki
(rep
17/07/2024)
Six
people killed
in
rain-related
incidents :
One person
missing after
flooding in
Rukum West.
Over 200
hectares of
paddy fields
inundated in
Kapilvastu due
to Indian
Mahalisagar
barrage,
by Mahesh KC,
Dipendra
Shakya and
Manoj Paudel
(kp
17/07/2024)
Monsoon
mayhem: Death
toll rises to
120 (kh
17/07/2024)
Jajarkot
earthquake
survivors are
battling
monsoon in
temporary
shelters :
Many displaced
have fallen
ill in
affected
districts of
Jajarkot,
Rukum West and
Salyan (kp
16/07/2024) [In 2022, the top politicians made grandiose promises of
rapid aid
during their
"tourist
visits" to the
earthquake
region. The
victims must
understand
that the
constant power
struggles and
changes of
government
first require
all the energy
of the
politicians!]
Seven
dead in
monsoon-induced
disasters in
past 24 hours:
Nepal Police
(kh
16/07/2024)
Several
parts of
Kathmandu
flooded after
heavy rain
this afternoon
(In Pictures)
(rep
16/07/2024)
Balancing
Infrastructure
with Ecology,
by Bhuvan
Dharel (rep
16/07/2024)
Killer
monsoon roads
: Government
must heed the
experts,
engineers and
geologists
when
constructing
or widening
roads (kp
16/07/2024)
Three
children die
as flood
sweeps away
house in Rukum
West (kh
16/07/2024)
Two
killed, one
injured in
Sankhuwasabha
landslide
(kh
16/07/2024)
Landslide
obstructs
Karnali
Highway
(rep
15/07/2024)
Monsoon-induced
disaster death
toll climbs to
108 (kh
15/07/2024) [Plus the victims from the buses]
Occupant
count in
accident buses
revised to 65
following
relatives’
complaints :
Six bodies
recovered so
far. Five
bodies were
found 50
kilometres
downstream,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
15/07/2024)
54
still missing
after
landslide
sweeps two
buses into
Trishuli : 15
more killed in
separate
incidents
across country
on Thursday
and Friday,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
and Arjun
Poudel (kp
13/07/2024), Trishuli
bus accident:
13 bodies of
missing
passengers
recovered so
far (kh
16/07/2024), Simaltal
Bus Accident:
One more body
recovered, 47
passengers
still missing
(kh
16/07/2024), Simaltal
Landslide:
Coordination
with Indian
districts for
search of
missing buses
and passengers
(kh
16/07/2024)
Geologist
suggests
emergency
should be
imposed for
rainfall over
150mm (rep
12/07/2024)
Night
buses
prohibited in
areas under
‘Weather Red
Advisory’
(kh
12/07/2024)
Landslide
sweeps away
two buses in
Chitwan : Over
50 passengers
feared missing
(kh
12/07/2024), Chitwan
bus accident
update: Search
operation
underway :
Over 60
passengers
missing
(kh
12/07/2024), Divers
fail to locate
buses that
fell into
Trishuli river
(kh
12/07/2024), 17
Nepalis and 7
Indians were
travelling on
Angel Deluxe
bus swept away
in landslide
(with name
list) (kh
12/07/2024), Trishuli
river bus
accident:
Survivor’s
miraculous
swim to safety
(kh
12/07/2024), Simaltal
landslide
update: Search
operation for
two missing
buses resumes
from early
morning
(kh
13/07/2024), Simaltal
bus accident:
Next to kin
demand to make
search
effective
(kh
13/07/2024), Divers
fail to find
both buses in
Trishuli,
search area
expanded
(kh
13/07/2024), Body
of passenger
who fell into
Trishuli found
in Narayani
(kh
13/07/2024)
101
people dead
from
monsoon-induced
disasters in
Nepal so far
(kh
12/07/2024)
Landslide
claims two
lives as house
swept away in
Myagdi (kh
12/07/2024), Update:
Landslide
claims 11
lives in Kaski
(kh
12/07/2024), Eleven
people dead in
Kaski
landslide :
Seven of the
same family
killed in the
disaster in
Pokhara ,
by Deepak
Pariyar(kp
12/07/2024)
Timely
Measures
Reduce
Disaster
Impacts,
by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn
12/07/2024)
132
road sections
across the
country
affected by
floods,
landslides
(rep
11/07/2024)
1
dead, 2
missing, 500
homes under
water in
rain-related
disasters :
Mudslides
displace 41
families in
Masta Rural
Municipality
in Bajhang,
and 9 families
in Sarikhet of
Chaurpati
Rural
Municipality
in Achham
(kp
11/07/2024)
Monsoon
tragedy: 80
dead, 5
missing in
floods and
landslides
(kh
10/07/2024), APF
engages in
rescue
operations
following
floods and
landslides in
Bhaktapur
district (rep
10/07/2024), Floods,
landslides
kill 83 people
so far, 106
injured
(rn
10/07/2024), 200
flood-displaced
families of
Kanchanpur
return to
their homes
(rn
10/07/2024)
Nepal
Turning Into
Disaster
Hotspot,
by Namrata
Sharma (rn
10/07/2024)
4.4
magnitude
earthquake
strikes
Taplejung
(kh
10/07/2024)
Missing
state : Little
has been done
for those
affected by
floods and
landslides
over the years
(kp
09/07/2024)
Communicable
diseases
following
natural
disasters :
Risk
assessment and
priority
interventions
(kh
09/07/2024)
Landslides
and floods obstruct 19 highways
(kh 09/07/2024), Monsoon
devastation: 77 killed, 88
injured across Nepal (kh
09/07/2024), Inundation
takes a toll on Kailali people
(kh 09/07/2024), One
killed, three injured in
landslide in Rukum East (kh
09/07/2024), Four
drown, one missing in deadly
Kanchanpur floods : A total of
3,293 members of 891 households
were relocated to safety as of
Monday morning, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 09/07/2024), Missing
state : Little has been
done for those affected
by floods and landslides
over the years (kp
09/07/2024), Floods
and landslides cause
massive damage, sweep
away 41 bridges : Death
toll hits 78, physical
damage exceeds Rs 100
million (kh
09/07/2024), Landslide
blocks Dharan-Dhankuta
road (rep
09/07/2024), 41
bridges swept away by
floods, physical damage
exceeds 100 million
(rn 09/07/2024)
Floods
and landslides kill 15 people in
two days. Three missing, 21
injured : Heavy rains affect
normal life across the country
on Sunday as well, by Sudeep
Kainee (kp 08/07/2024), Flood
menace in Kanchanpur: Over 1,600
people evacuated to safety
(rep 08/07/2024), Floods-landslides
kill 70 people so far, five
missing (rn 08/07/2024), 1,700
houses inundated in Kanchanpur,
infant dies, youth missing
(kh 08/07/2024)
Flood
causes culvert collapse in
Kanchanpur, disrupts East-West
Highway traffic (kh
08/07/2024)
Monsoon
hazard: Disaster risk heightens,
62 deaths in one month (kh
07/07/2024)
Floods,
landslides, and inundation wreak
havoc across Nepal (kh
07/07/2024), Floods,
landslips cause havoc across
country : Incessant rains over
the past few days throw life out
of gear. At least seven people
killed in Gandaki Province
(kp), All
sluice gates of Gandak Barrage
opened (kh 07/07/2024), 14
die, 18 injured, and three
missing due to landslides,
floods, and inundation across
the country (kh
07/07/2024), Incessant
rain since Friday affects
everyday life (rep
07/07/2024), Landslides
and floods
disrupt 25
highways; 98
roads being
operated
one-way
(kh
07/07/2024)
Flood
risks high till Sunday, citizens
urged to adopt precautions
(kh 06/07/2024), Kaligandaki
corridor blocked by landslides
(rep 06/07/2024), Incessant
rainfall spurs police patrols
along Kathmandu’s riverbanks
(kp 06/07/2024), 126
settlements in Salyan district
at risk of landslides : Reckless
use of heavy equipment for
roadbuilding, along with
November earthquake blamed for
weakening land’s topography and
increasing landslides, by
Biplab Maharjan (kp 06/07/2024), One
goes missing, three houses swept
away in Dolakha (rn
06/07/2024), Rapti
River crosses danger Level, high
alert issued, by Siraj Khan
(rn 06/07/2024), Police
start patrolling along river
banks in Kathmandu Valley (rn
06/07/2024), Water
level in Narayani River crosses
danger level, by Bomlal Giri
(rn 06/07/2024), Landslides
and floods disrupt 36 roads
nationwide (kh 06/07/2024),
Flash
floods inundate Balkhu in
Kathmandu (Photos) (kh
06/07/2024), Three
killed, five injured in Syangja
landslide (kh 06/07/2024),
Locals
urged to remain alert as water
level rises in Saptakoshi River
(kh 06/07/2024), Water
level in Narayani River exceeds
danger mark (kh 06/07/2024)
28
people killed due to
monsoon-related disasters so far
(kh 05/07/2024)
Flood
risks high till Sunday, citizens
urged to adopt precautions
(rn 05/07/2024)
Floods
displace 43 families in
Sankhuwasabha (kh
03/07/2024)
Kaligandaki
corridor obstructed due to
flooding (kh 03/07/2024)
Deaths
caused by electric shock
unchecked in Madhesh : Official
data show 449 people died of
electric shock in Madhesh
Province over the past five
years, by Shiva Puri (kp
02/07/2024)
Rhetoric
and reality of Nepal’s disaster
risk management : Sustainable
funding to implement
anticipatory action should come
from local and provincial
governments, by Damodar
Kanel (kp 02/07/2024)
Five-year-old
boy dies as landslide sweeps
away house (kh 01/07/2024)
10
killed in natural disasters
across Nepal in past 24 hours
(kh 30/06/2024), Floods,
landslides claim nine lives over
past 24 hours : The disasters
triggered by heavy rains have
claimed lives and properties in
Gulmi, Baglung and Syangja,
among other districts, by
Gaganshila Khadka and Prakash
Baral (kp 30/06/2024)
Husband
and wife buried in landslide in
Baglung (kh 29/06/2024), Gulmi
landslide claims three lives,
two missing (kh 29/06/2024),
Landslide
in Syangja claims lives of
mother and daughter (kh
29/06/2024)
Barahakshetra
temple at risk: Erosion by Koshi
threatens iconic site, by
Ramesh Paudel (kh 29/06/2024)
4.2
magnitude earthquake shakes
Helambu (kh 28/06/2024)
Nine
killed in landslides and floods.
Lightnings claim five : Disaster
management body reports 20
deaths since the monsoon entered
Nepal on June 10 (kp
27/06/2024), Monsoon-induced
disasters affect 33 districts,
leaving 28 dead in 16 days
(kh 27/06/2024)
Budhikhola
flood sweeps away family
members, claims one life, two
missing (kh 26/06/2024), Four
missing as landslide sweeps away
three houses in Lamjung (kh
26/06/2024), Lamjung
landslide: One dead body
recovered, three still missing
(kh 26/06/2024), Lamjung
landslide: Bodies of all four
missing people recovered (rn
26/06/2024), Two
killed and one injured in Kaski
landslides (kh 26/06/2024),
Incessant
rainfall inundates Biratnagar
(with photos) (kh 26/06/2024), Over
600 houses inundated in
Biratnagar, public life
disrupted (rep 26/06/2024),
One
person killed, two injured in
Okhaldhunga landslide (kh
24/06/2024), Two
killed, six injured by lightning
strike in Kailali (kh
26/06/2024)
70,000
people likely to be affected by
landslides and floods in Gandaki
(rep 25/06/2024)
Need
To Ensure Disaster Resilience,
by Uttam Maharjan (rn 25/06/2024)
Flood-fed
Melamchi sweeps away temporary
bridge (kh 24/06/2024)
7,000
people likely to be affected due
to landslide and flooding in
Tanahu (kh 24/06/2024)
Floods,
landslides ravage several
districts : Two people have died
in Jajarkot and Panchthar over
the past few days. Scores of
families displaced (kp
24/06/2024)
One
dead, six injured in Jajarkot
flood (kh 23/06/2024)
Illegal
extraction of
riverbed
materials in
Kaligandaki
leaves
under-construction
industrial
village at
high risk :
Baglung
Municipality’s
plan to
establish the
industrial
village is
almost foiled
by the erosion,
by Prakash
Baral (kp
23/06/2024)
Fire
at Delta Mart in Butwal brought
under control after five hours
(rep 21/06/2024), Fire
at Delta Complex guts property
worth Rs 500 million (kh
21/06/2024)
Reduce
Rain-induced Disasters, by
Lok Deep Thapa (rn 21/06/2024)
5
people killed, 384 displaced by
rain havoc in Taplejung over 10
days : Police say landslides
completely destroyed eight
houses, 18 houses are at high
risk and 55 others are at risk
(kp 19/06/2024), Families
displaced as monsoon menace
continues in east Nepal (rn
19/06/2024), 81
families displaced due to
landslides and floods in
Taplejung (rep 19/06/2024)
Monsoon
rains bring chaos to hill
districts of Koshi : Five people
killed and scores displaced.
Dozens of houses are at risk.
Police struggle to reach remote
areas for rescue and relief amid
continued rainfall, by
Aananda Gautam and Laxmi Gautam
(kp 17/06/2024)
Landslide
affects hundreds of families in
Taplejung : Disaster poses
serious threat to residents of
Sirijangha Rural Municipality-6,
Yamphudin, among other villages,
by Aananda Gautam (kp 16/06/2024)
Four
members of same family killed in
Taplejung landslide (kh
14/06/2024)
Three
labourers killed after being
buried by mud : The victims were
involved in the municipality’s
sewage construction work, by
Narayan Sharma (kp14/06/2024)
Monsoon
Calls For Swift Preparatory
Measures, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 14/06/2024)
Three
houses swept away by landslides
in Sankhuwasabha, one injured
(rep 13/06/2024), Rains
unleash floods and landslides in
east Nepal : Three houses and
farmlands were damaged in
Khandbari of Sankhuwasabha
district. Lightning kills a
woman (kp 14/06/2024)
One
dead, two injured in
Sankhuwasabha landslide (kh
12/06/2024)
Experts
call for preparedness to deal
with monsoon-related disasters :
In addition to flooding and
landslides, the country
witnesses several other
monsoon-related incidents that
receive much less attention,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 10/06/2024), Prepare
Against Monsoon Disasters,
by Ballav Dahal (rn 10/06/2024)
14
mules stuck on bridge after iron
rod breaks (rep 09/06/2024),
11
out of 13 mules stuck in
suspension bridge rescued
(kh 09/06/2024), 12
of 14 mules stuck on footbridge
after cable snap rescued alive :
Army, police, locals had cut
wires and dropped the mules into
the river to rescue them, by
Jyoti Katuwal (kp 10/06/2024)
Children
ill with jaundice in quake-hit
Salyan settlements : Health
workers and local officials
attribute rising cases to hot
weather, consumption of polluted
water, and poor living
conditions, by Biplab
Maharjan (kp 06/06/2024) [What did PK
Dahal and other leading
politicians declare during their
disaster tourism trips to the
earthquake zone? Correct: This
time there will be immediate and
unbureaucratic help for the
people affected. That was it
then!]
Landslide
forecasting system to help save lives
(kh 05/06/2024)
Over
1.8M people likely to be affected by
monsoon this year (kh 04/06/2024)
Tremor
felt in Nepa of Dailekh (rep
04/06/2024)
Strong
wind causes damage to banana farming in 2,500
bighas of land (kh 03/06/2024), Powerful
storm wipes out Chitwan’s banana crop
The Chitwan Banana Producers Association
estimates damage could hover at Rs120 million,
the largest ever losses, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 03/06/2024)
Altitude
sickness claims lives of four Yarsagumba
collectors; One in serious condition (kh
02/06/2024)
Storm
destroys around 333 structures in Tanahu (kh
31/05/2024), 14
houses damaged by storm in Kaski (rep
31/05/2024)
Focus
On Disaster Management, by Lok Deep Thapa
(rn 31/05/2024)
Understanding
landslides : Replanting trees can help prevent
devastating landslides, but it’s not a silver
bullet, by Raj Sharma (kp 30/05/2024)
Women
are unequally vulnerable to disaster risk :
Gender issues are just an afterthought in
contemporary DRR policies and practices, by
Priya Kamarcharya (kp 28/05/2024)
Prepare
for monsoon emergencies (ae
24/05/2024)
A
narrative of flood fury and resilience :
Hemmed in by the Chure and rain-fed
brooks, the town is precariously perched
on a path of raging waters, by
Sanjay Giri (ae 22/05/2024)
Multi-hazard
risk: Rs 81 billion needed for early
warning system implementation (kh
20/05/2024)
Fire
destroys 20 shutters of Damauli (kh
20/05/2024)
Quake-hit
Jajarkot villages reel under water
shortage after sources dry up : The
magnitude 6.4 earthquake last November
damaged 480 drinking water projects in
Jajarkot, Salyan, and Rukum West
districts,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam and Harihar Singh Rathour
(kp 18/05/2024) [Another case of
denial of immediate assistance!]
Over
5,000 forest fires reported in ten months
(kh 18/05/2024)
Soon,
monsoon : Still reeling from last year’s flood,
Kagbeni braces for another rainy season, by
Anita Bhetwal (nt 17/05/2024) [Another case
of denial of immediate
assistance!], What
is lost cannot be repaid :
Climate breakdown puts the very
survival of a community in
Nepal’s Mustang region in
question, by Wen Stephenson
(nt 17/05/2024)
Authorities
ill-prepared for looming monsoon extremes :
Nepal’s agencies have never learned from past
failures in disaster management, lament disaster
experts, by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/05/2024)
Post-quake
reconstruction to cost Rs 63.58 billion (kh
14/05/2024)
Fire
incidents claim 26 lives in a month; Baisakh
records highest cases, possibly for the first
time (kh 13/05/2024)
Lalitpur
Fire: Death toll reaches three (rep
13/05/2024)
Forest
fire destroys 4,500 hectares of forest area in
Ramechhap (kh 10/05/2024)
Mother,
son killed in Okhaldhunga bushfire : Helambu
Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok offers
Rs50,000 reward for arson information (kp
08/05/2024)
27
lives lost to fire, wildfire, and lightning
strikes in 24 days (kh 08/05/2024)
Wildfires
destroy 3,586 hectares of forest in Palpa : Over
50 homes and sheds reduced to ashes, three
injured. The fires started in mid-April and have
been reported in 127 places so far in the
district, by Madhav Aryal and Biplab
Maharjan (kp 27/05/2024)
Financial
assistance provided to Khotang fire victims
(kh 07/05/2024)
Wildfires
engulf 5,000 hectares of forest in Banke (kh
06/05/2024)
Three
houses gutted in fire in Bajura (kh
05/05/2024)
Fire
breaks out in a tin shed in Bafal, five members
of a family injured (rep 05/05/2024)
Five
people arrested for igniting forest fire (kh
05/05/2024)
Fire
damages property worth over Rs 460 million in
Madhesh Province (kh 04/05/2024), Madhesh
Province: 1,200 fire incidents reported in last
nine months : 561 houses gutted by the fires,
resulting in the loss of 20 lives and the
destruction of properties worth Rs 440 million
(kh 04/05/2024)
Kah
Phu Che : Where ice tumbles down to a pasture
which has now turned into a lake, by Hum
Gurung (nt 03/04/2024))
Smoke
Screen : Climate breakdown is not the only
reason for this year's unprecedented wildfires
across Nepal (nt 03/05/2024)
Woman
dies in fire (kh 03/05/2024)
Fires
continue to ravage homes, displace people : Ten
houses gutted in separate incidents in
Solukhumbu. Two elderly killed in Dhading
village. Displaced without shelter and enough
food in Saptari, by Madhav Aryal (kp
03/05/2024)
Elderly
couple perishes in devastating house fire in
Dhading (kh 02/05/2024)
Wildfires
ravage Nepal with 436 cases reported across 53
districts on Thursday (kh 02/05/2024), Over
65 houses destroyed in fire incident (kh
02/05/2024)
Forest
fires: 165 incidents reported so far (kh
01/05/2024)
Fire
destroys more than 110 homes in Saptari
settlement : There are no human casualties, but
livestock perished. No one could salvage their
belongings from their homes, says ward chair of
Mahadeva, by Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp
01/05/2024)
Lalitpur
forest fire: Another injured dies (kh
01/05/2024)
Wildfire
destroys around 300 hectares of forest in
Udayapur (kh 30/04/2024)
Fires
continue to devour forests across various
districts : Wildfires usually start from March
in Nepal, when farmers burn the crop residue on
the fields and the threat keeps growing until
April-May, by Madhav Aryal and Durgalal KC
(kp 29/04/2024), Next
two months will be challenging due to fire
incidents : Portable fire pumps are quite
helpful in putting out fires in rural areas as
well as cities of Nepal, interview with Anil
Pokharel, chief executive of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Authority (kp
29/04/2024), Gandaki
Province reports cases of forest fire at 467
locations (rep 29/04/2024)
Fire
destroys 110 homes in Mahottari : Displaced
families are sheltering at a local school.
Relief immediate priority, officials say, by
Sunita Baral (kp 25/04/2024), Fire
survivors of Mahottari awaiting relief (kh
25/04/2024)
Forest
fires trigger drinking water crisis in Myagdi,
disrupting supplies to 30 villages /kh
25/04/2024)
70
community and national forests affected by fire
in Parbat till Wednesday (rep 25/04/2024)
Forest
fire destroys 13 houses in Khotang (rn
25/04/2024)
Nepal's
Seismic Struggle and Ongoing Recovery Dynamics,
by Raju Thapa (rep 24/04/2024)
Putting
out the flames : The government must take a
multipronged approach, bringing together various
stakeholders to make wildfires a rarity (kp
24/04/2024)
Barpak,
nine years after earthquake devastation,
re-emerges stronger and reconstructed (In
Photos) (kh 24/04/2024)
Forest
fire devastates 700 hectares in Myagdi district,
wildlife seeks refuge in human settlements
(kh 24/04/2024)
Fire
at wedding house in Sarlahi results in Rs
600,000 loss and injuries (kh 24/04/2024)
Forest
fires rampant in Baglung: 38 incidents recorded
in two months (kh 23/04/2024)
Over
230 homes, animal sheds gutted in multiple fires
across western Nepal since Saturday : A
70-year-old woman dies in Rukum West. A total of
11,448 hectares of forests have been affected by
wildfires in Lumbini Province this year,
by Sanju Paudel, Gaganshila Khadka and
Mahesh KC (kp 22/04/2024)
Manaslu
glacier’s Birendra Lake outburst in Gorkha
district (kh 21/04/2024), Birendra
Lake bursts after avalanche in Manaslu region,
no casualties reported (rep 21/04/2024)
Fire
incidents increasing across country with
prevalence of dry condition (rn 21/04/2024)
Rupandehi
in flames: 40 homes, 39 goats succumb to blazes
across nine villages (kh 21/04/2024)
Construction
of levees along seven streams begins in Kailali
(kh 20/04/2024)
Fire
destroys wheat crop in Kanchanpur, Kailali
(rep 19/04/2024)
Nepal's
Forests in Flames: Echoes of Urgency and Hopeful
Solutions, by Ayush Raj Gyawali (rep
16/04/2024)
Prepare
To Fight Forest Fires, by Ballav Dahal (rn
15/04/2024)
Disasters
resulted in 493 fatalities in 2080 BS (rn
15/04/2024)
Child
injured in forest fire in Dolpa dies (kh
12/04/2024), Three
Dolpa children succumb to injuries from forest
fire (kh 13/04/2024)
Wildfires
reported in over 70 community forests in Myagdi
(kh 12/04/2024)
Forest
fire along East-West Highway affects vehicle
operation in Rautahat, by Yadavraj Puri (rn
12/04/2024)
FECOFUN
urges govt for compensation and free treatment
amid rising forest fires (kh 11/04/2024)
Fire
destroys property worth Rs 20 million in Damak
(kh 10/04/2024)
102
killed in fire incidents in one year (rep
10/04/2024), As
peak forest fire season nears, number of human
fatalities rises : At least 113 people died and
533 were injured in fire and forest fire related
incidents in the past year (kp 11/04/2024)
Major
fire engulfs APF’s central store in Kathmandu
(kh 08/04/2024)
Fatal
fire breaks out at Lalitpur Metal Industry
(kh 06/04/2024)
Forest
fires reported in various community forests of
Myagdi (rep 05/04/2024)
Another
woman succumbs to mud wall collapse in Doti
(kh 25/03/2024)
Increase
in forest fires ravages Nuwakot district (kh
24/03/2024)
Financial
assistance to Khotang fire victims (kh
23/03/2024)
Fire
incidents: 488 recorded in Koshi Province in
past three months (kh 21/03/2024)
21
killed in 870 fire incidents in Koshi province
this fiscal year : Carelessness and electric
short-circuits caused most of the fire
incidents, police say, by Binod Bhandari (kp
20/03/2024)
Experts
urge earlier insurance planning for long-term
care : Historical losses due to earthquakes,
floods, and landslides in Nepal are significant,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/03/2024)
Fire
survivors of Hatuwagadhi receive financial aid
(kh 20/03/2024)
Fire
causes damages worth Rs 10 million in Bhojpur
(kh 17/03/2024), Three
children killed in Bhojpur fire, two injured in
Kalikot : The victims, aged three, five and
seven, died after an inferno engulfed a cattle
shed where they were playing, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 17/03/2024)
Three
children from same family die in Hatuwagadhi
fire (kh 16/03/2024)
19
houses burned, 25 families displaced in Rangeli
fire (kh 16/03/2024)
Diarrhoeal
outbreak risk rises as mercury ticks up in
quake-hit districts, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 16/03/2024) [Failure
of the government to provide timely assistance!]
KMC
to develop five-year strategic plan for disaster
management (rep 14/03/2024)
Earthquake
jolts Bajura (kh 11/03/2024)
Tremor
jolts Kaski (kh 09/03/2024)
Karnali
province producing skilled workers for
reconstruction in quake-hit area (kh
07/03/2024)
Elderly
people increasingly falling victim to forest
fire incidents : Growing outmigration has left
villages devoid of youth, forcing the elderly
and children to take on the role of first
responders to forest blazes, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 02/03/2024)
Over
30,000 quake survivors in Rukum West
receive first installment (rep 02/03/2024) [That's what you call quick,
when the PM had promised immediate help only
four months ago!]
Season
of fires : The priority should be sensitising
the public about often-deadly consequences of
their negligence (kp 27/02/2024), Prolonged
drought could exacerbate incidents of forest
fire, experts warn : At least 196 incidents of
forest fire have been recorded since January
this year (kp 28/02/2024)
Over
28,000 shelters erected for Jajarkot earthquake
survivors (kh 24/02/2024), Pork
barrel fund idle as officials struggle to fund
quake relief : Based on the number of registered
beneficiaries, over Rs4 billion will be required
to fund the temporary shelters, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 24/02/2024)
Jajarkot
Earthquake : Waiting For Reconstruction (sp
23/02/2024)
Cold
tarps are forcing families back to damaged homes
: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Jajarkot, Rukum
West and Salyan on November 3 killing scores and
damaging around 8,000 public and private houses,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 19/02/2024)
Over
26,700 temporary shelters constructed for
earthquake Survivors in Rukum Paschim (kh
16/02/2024) [Within
almost four winter months!!??]
Earthquake
jolts Bajhang (kh 16/02/2024)
Rising
fire incidents in Achham blamed on negligence,
shortage of fire engines : There are 10 local
units in the district, but only Mangalsen has a
fire truck, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
13/02/2024)
Rebirth
and rebuilding in the ruins : Three months after
the earthquake, Jajarkot looks to the future,
by Naresh Newar (nt 09/02/2024)
NDRRMA
forms task force to develop integrated
information system for emergency services
(rep 06/02/2024)
Two
siblings, aged 14 and 12, die in house fire :
The inferno burnt down three houses in Gadekhola
settlement, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
06/02/2024)
Framework
of post-quake reconstruction after study: NDRRMA
(kh 20/01/2024)
Over
27,000 quake survivors received first
installment (rep 20/01/2024)
Number
of Jajarkot earthquake beneficiaries reaches
79,599 (rep 19/01/2024)
Tremors
of earthquake felt in Bajhang (rep
13/01/2024)
Jajarkot
survivors show collective resilience : They are
not waiting for delayed government aid, and help
each other rebuild homes and schools, by
Durga Rana Magar (nt 14/01/2024)
90
years after ’90 : The Great Earthquake of 1934
is known by the Nepali year it happened: Nabbe
Sal, by Sonia Awale (bt 12/01/2024)
Govt
to deposit two billion rupees to the disaster
management fund (kh 10/01/2024)
Over
10,000 temporary huts erected after Jajarkot
earthquake (kh 06/01/2024)
Daily
surge in housing applicants overwhelms
authorities : Many people displaced by the
November 3 earthquake are still languishing in
flimsy tents and huts due to delays in the
distribution of housing grants, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam and Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
04/01/2024)
Three
years on, monsoon-displaced people in outlying
Bajura settlements await rehabilitation : A
total of 519 families have been displaced over
the past three years after their homes were
destroyed by heavy rains, government data show,
by Arjun Shah (kp 03/01/2024)
Tremors
of earthquake felt in Kathmandu Valley,
surrounding areas (rep 01/01/2023)
Ever-growing
massive landslide threatens Bajura’s Chhededaha
Lake and surrounding areas : The government has
remained indifferent towards controlling the
landslide despite their repeated requests, local
residents complain, by Basant Pratap Singh
(kp 29/12/2023)
Children
in quake-hit areas in need of physiological
counselling : Many of those orphaned in the
disaster are under mental duress as they
struggle to recover from the trauma, by
Mashesh KC (kp 28/12/2023)
More
than 11 thousand temporary shelters
built for Jajarkot earthquake victims
(kh 26/12/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake: Number of beneficiaries
estimated to reach 80,000 (kh
25/12/2023), Delay
in grant distribution leaves most survivors of
November 3 earthquake without secure shelters :
Out of the total 35,140 households listed as
eligible for a government grant in Jajarkot,
only 5,203 families have built temporary
shelters, by Krishna Prasad Gautam and
Hariharsingh Rathaur (kp 25/12/2023)
Quake
Victims Need Instant Relief (rn
22/12/2023)
Karnali
govt preparing for green restoration in Jajarkot
quake-hit areas (rep 19/12/2023)
Yet
another earthquake jolts Bajura (kh
18/12/2023)
School,
180 households at high risk of landslides,
by Bomlal Giri (rn 18/12/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake: 4,000 affected receive first
installment of assistance (kh 18/12/2023)
Forgotten
and Freezing: Earthquake survivors stranded in
tarpaulin tents as local govts await financial
aid (kh 16/12/2023) [It shows once again that politicians never
fulfil their grandiose promises. Anyone who does
not prioritise the welfare of citizens and the
country, especially in emergencies, is not
qualified for public office!], Building
temporary shelters for quake-displaced slows
down : The earthquake-affected people have
enough wood to construct temporary huts but no
manpower, by Mahesh KC (kp 17/12/2023)
Disaster
Governance: Theory And Practice In Nepal, by
Chandra Lal Pandey (sp 15/12/2023)
Jajarkot
earthquake victims left in limbo, by Laxman
Sharma (kh 14/12/2023), Ghuyalneta's
quake survivors suffer from diarrhea (rep 14/12/2023)
[Immediately after the
quake, there was intensive politician tourism
with grand promises. In the meantime, only
silence and inactivity prevail!]
European
Union and Save the Children provide over 800
winter tents to earthquake affected people : The
tents provided by EU will be dispatched to the
earthquake-hit areas in close coordination with
the government’s national disaster risk
reduction management authority (nlt
12/12/2023)
NHRC
urges Karnali govt to protect quake survivors
from cold (rep 12/12/2023)
Fire
breaks out in Ilam (kh 12/12/2023)
Frozen
in limbo: Bureaucratic delays leave quake
victims shelterless, by Rajendra Karki (ae
11/12/2023)
Earthquakes
and Nepal : From the Beginning, by Anuzp
Kumar Ayadi (ht 12/12/2023)
Earthquake
jolts Dhading (kh 10/12/2023)
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)
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