Environment

Nepal flash flood update: Death toll rises to 626, with 2,426 missing

TDS Desk: The latest figures, released by Nepal’s disaster management authorities, increased from the previous toll of 579 deaths and 1,924 missing people. Nepal’s death toll from catastrophic flash floods

2,400 still missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods; 586 deaths confirmed so far

AFP, Kathmandu Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the

Climate change boosted risk of devastating Himalayan flood, experts say

Rising temperatures, melting glaciers and changing freeze-thaw patterns could be making high-mountain slopes more unstable, increasing the risk of cascading disasters, scientists say. Reuters: Climate change is leading to conditions

Nepal flood death toll rises to 359 as search continues for over 1,000 missing

Rescuers search debris-strewn valleys and hillsides as helicopters deliver emergency supplies to thousands cut off by the disaster. TDS Desk: The death toll from devastating floods in Nepal has risen

Tk 567cr bid to bring the Turag revival, ease Dhaka’s water woes

UNB: For years, the Turag has been paying the price for Dhaka’s relentless urban expansion— its banks squeezed by encroachment, its water contaminated by industrial waste and its natural flow

Sundarbans climate project to close early amid UK aid cuts

The project aims to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people UNB: A UK-funded climate resilience project in Bangladesh is being forced to close two years ahead of