
Nepal Flash Floods
Catastrophic flash floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border as rescue efforts continue ⚠️

【尼泊尔-西藏山洪】大幅上升近千人 尼泊尔洪灾6150人失踪
(加德满都17日讯)尼泊尔灾害管理部门周三表示,在对受灾地区的数据进行收集和核实后,已大幅上调了8月26日洪灾后的失踪人数,最新统计为6150人。灾害管理部门发言人马哈特告诉法新社:“我们一直在从各地区办事处收集失踪人员的详细信息,并在核实后修订了数据。”这一数字较前一天报告的5179名失踪人数大幅上升。据尼泊尔灾害管理机构称,目前已寻获1403具遇难者遗体,其中105具的身份已得到确认。在边境另一侧的中国西藏,据中国官方媒体报导,死亡人数为43人,失联人数为519人。综合两国数据,这场发生在尼...

Climate change likely contributed to Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse, scientists say
CLIMATE change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic collapse of glaciers and rock in the Himalayas that triggered devastating floods across parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, scientists said on Thursday. The disaster killed ...

India and China pursue disaster diplomacy in flood-hit Nepal
KATHMANDU -- Hours after devastating floods struck Nepal in late August, India sent 10 metric tons of emergency relief, including shelters, solar lamps and medicine. Four days later, China delivered five times as much: 50 tons of tents, sleeping bags, first-aid kits and more, opening the latest race

【尼泊尔-西藏山洪】科学家:致命冰川山体滑坡 气候变化是核心因素
(加德满都17日讯)科学家周四表示,气候变化是上个月发生在尼泊尔和中国西藏边境致命冰川山体滑坡事件的核心因素,事故造成1400多人死亡,至少6600人失踪。然而,世界天气归因组织(WWA)的科学家表示,这场灾难并非由单一极端天气事件造成,而是由长期变暖、冰川消融、永久冻土融化和地质不稳定等多种因素共同作用导致的“复合危机”。法新社报导,世界天气归因组织的一份报告指出:“持续变暖导致喜马拉雅山脉高海拔地区的冰冻阈值海拔升高,使基岩深处的冰层和永久冻土暴露在更高、更长时间的融化温度下,从而削弱了山坡...

Status 55 rakyat Malaysia hilang di Nepal belum diketahui
PETALING JAYA: Status 55 rakyat Malaysia yang belum dapat dikesan susulan tragedi banjir dan tanah runtuh di Nepal masih belum diketahui. Keluarga mangsa kini terus menantikan maklumat rasmi daripada pihak berkuasa selain berharap usaha pencarian dapat menemukan semua rakyat Malaysia yang masih belum dapat dikesan. Isteri kepada Pegawai Lati
Nepal floods an ‘unprecedented’ climate disaster beyond scope of warning systems, scientists say
The Himalayan slope that collapsed and killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal last month had been weakened by decades of global warming, scientists said, triggering destruction that went beyond what the country's existing early warning systems could have prevented.An international team of glaciologists and climate scientists found that rising

