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A landslide occurred at Ghoptebhir, closing the Prithvi Highway in Chitwan district. The road was reopened for one-way traffic.
- Nepal urges global community to ensure climate justice for Himalayan region at COP31 2 reports
Kathmandu, November 10 Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has urged the international community to ensure climate justice for the Himalayan region, which is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
- UN chief urges climate justice and greater support for vulnerable countries
Guterres warns climate action is falling behind as Nepal presses for greater recognition of Himalayan vulnerabilities.
- 5 ways countries stymie climate negotiations without actually saying ‘no’
Nearly every country in the world has acknowledged that climate change is a serious problem.
- COP31 summit leaders urge world to move faster on climate
Turkey’s COP31 presidency has focused this year’s summit on a goal to electrify more than a third of the global economy by 2035, up from around a fifth today.
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- Ghoptebhir landslide leaves Prithvi Highway operating one-way
Kathmandu, November 12 Traffic along the Prithvi Highway has been restricted to one-way operation following a landslide at Ghoptebhir in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-4 of Chitwan district. The road was reopened for…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - UN chief urges climate justice and greater support for vulnerable countries
Guterres warns climate action is falling behind as Nepal presses for greater recognition of Himalayan vulnerabilities.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Prithvi Highway reopens after Ghoptebhir landslide clearance; traffic congestion persists
Kathmandu, November 10 Traffic has resumed on the blocked Prithvi Highway after a dry landslide at Ghoptebhir was cleared. The highway has been reopened to two-way traffic since 2 pm after the landslide that occurred…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Nepal urges global community to ensure climate justice for Himalayan region at COP31
Kathmandu, November 10 Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has urged the international community to ensure climate justice for the Himalayan region, which is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - 5 ways countries stymie climate negotiations without actually saying ‘no’
Nearly every country in the world has acknowledged that climate change is a serious problem. It’s hard to ignore, as billions of people suffer through increasingly destructive storms and extreme heat. In response, most…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Nepal urges climate justice for Himalayas at COP31
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal calls for a dedicated action plan for mountain regions and says limiting global warming to 1.5°C is critical to protecting the Himalayas.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - COP31 summit leaders urge world to move faster on climate
Turkey’s COP31 presidency has focused this year’s summit on a goal to electrify more than a third of the global economy by 2035, up from around a fifth today.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - COP31 opens amid climate emergency and geopolitical tensions
Antalya, November 9 The UN’s annual climate summit opened in Turkey on Monday, with rising global temperatures increasing pressure for urgent action as financial constraints, energy market uncertainty and geopolitical…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Delayed death verification leaves Bhotekoshi flood-hit families without relief
Kathmandu, November 9 Seventy-five days after the devastating floods in Bhotekoshi on August 26, the government is yet to establish the fate of thousands of people reported missing. Families of the missing are still…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - One disaster away
Bhotekoshi flood pushed poverty up 2.7 percentage points. Prevention, not just relief, must be the answer.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - COP31 and the limits of climate diplomacy
When delegates arrive in Antalya on November 9, they will enter a world quite unlike the one that produced the Paris Agreement. As wars, tariffs and fractured alliances crowd the agenda, COP31 will likely protect the…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Road reopens in both directions after landslide cleared at Ghoptebhir
Chitwan, November 8 Traffic along the Prithvi Highway has resumed in both directions after a dry landslide at Ghoptebhir in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-4 was cleared. The landslide, which occurred on Sunday…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Uttargaya confirms 655 deaths linked to Rasuwa Flood
Kathmandu, November 8 The number of people killed or missing in the flood that struck Uttargaya Rural Municipality in Rasuwa on August 26 has been established. Of those reported missing across the rural municipality,…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Disaster authority publishes verified details of 2,294 people missing in Bhotekoshi floods
Kathmandu, November 8 The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) has published verified details of 2,294 people from 32 districts who went missing in the Bhotekoshi floods. The authority said…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Leo, deployed in Bhotekoshi flood rescue, named best police canine
Kathmandu, November 8 Leo, a Nepal Police dog deployed in search and rescue operations during the Bhotekoshi flood in August, has been named the best canine in the force. Leo outperformed police dogs from across the…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Dry landslide at Ghoptebhir blocks Prithvi Highway in both directions
Kathmandu, November 8 A dry landslide at Ghoptebhir in Ichchhakamana-4, Chitwan, has blocked the Prithvi Highway in both directions. According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the landslide came down at around…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Climate action begins when people become participants
A river bursts its banks. A family wades through the water with what they can save. A road disappears; a farmer watches a season’s work wash away. The pictures circulate. Soon, another disaster takes their place. That…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - ‘We do not need sympathy; climate finance is our right’
The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) is scheduled to take place in Türkiye from November 9 to 20, bringing renewed attention to the growing climate crisis and its disproportionate impact on…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Nepali Congress to provide warm clothes and mental health counselling to flood-hit communities
Kathmandu, November 6 The Nepali Congress has decided to launch a campaign to distribute warm clothes and provide mental health counselling to people affected by the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli floods and landslides in Rasuwa,…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - COP31 faces tough test as climate threats mount
Kathmandu, November 6 Nearly 200 countries are set to gather in Turkey on Monday for the COP31 climate summit, but tensions over geopolitics, climate finance and fossil fuels are tempering expectations of a major…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Dry landslide blocks Kaligandaki Corridor road section
Kathmandu, November 6 A dry landslide occurred at Rakse in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2 along the Rudrabeni-Purtighat section of the Kaligandaki Corridor last night. The landslide blocked the road, disrupting…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Bailey bridges in flood-prone areas could be dangerous, says Department of Roads chief
Kathmandu, November 6 Department of Roads Director General Dr Bijaya Jaishi has said that indiscriminately installing Bailey bridges in areas vulnerable to floods and landslides could be dangerous. He made the remarks…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Flood victims at Kathmandu holding centres eager to return home (Photos)
Kathmandu, November 5 People displaced by the August 26 floods in the Bhotekoshi River, which flows into the Trishuli River in Rasuwa, have been staying at holding centres in Kathmandu. The displaced families have been…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Weather to remain sunny during Tihar
Kathmandu, November 5 The weather is forecast to remain sunny for most of the upcoming Tihar festival in Nepal. According to meteorologists, rainfall is unlikely in most parts of the country over the next week. Light…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - How climate change is reshaping the way children grow up
We have contributed little to the climate crisis, yet are among those who bear its greatest consequences. We want more than a seat in the room.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Geological study conducted in disaster-hit areas of Jaljala
Myagdi, November 4 A geological study has been conducted in landslide-affected areas of Jaljala Rural Municipality in Parbat district, adjoining Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi, which was affected by recent…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Improving disaster communication
Early warning begins with understanding hazards and assessing risks, and continues through clear communication, interpretation of alerts, risk perceptions and decisive actions.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Rs 739.99 million action plan under way to protect disaster-affected communities
Kathmandu, November 3 The government says it is implementing an action plan worth Rs 739.99 million to protect women, children, adolescent girls and other vulnerable groups affected by the disaster in the Bhotekoshi and…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - China could not provide immediate information on Bhotekoshi flood, says Foreign Secretary Rai
Kathmandu, November 2 Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai has said that the Chinese government could not provide immediate information about the Bhotekoshi flood that struck on August 26. Rai made the remarks at a…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Construction boom pushes Nepal’s mountain settlements into flood-prone areas
A new study finds at least 108,500 people in Nepal are exposed to potential flooding, as hydropower development, road expansion and unplanned urbanisation increase risks in vulnerable mountain regions.
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Indigenous climate activist Pema Wangmo Lama on flood recovery, loans and who gets to say no to hydropower
Lama, who recently attended the UN biodiversity talks, says post-disaster work in Nepal focuses on infrastructure rather than communities, and that safeguards for Indigenous people near hydropower projects rarely work…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Flood-displaced families in Rasuwa, Nuwakot yet to receive promised house rent support
Kathmandu, November 1 More than two months after floods displaced their homes, many families in Rasuwa and Nuwakot are still waiting for the monthly rent assistance promised by the government. The Thapa family from…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - ANTUF volunteer team engaged in cleaning flood-affected homes
Nuwakot, November 1 A central volunteer team of the All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) is working in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot, to clean and restore homes damaged by floods. The team, which arrived in Nuwakot on…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Govt plans to lower water levels in four glacial lakes, expand flood early warning systems
Kathmandu, November 1 The government has moved ahead with a plan to spend more than Rs 7 billion to lower the water levels of four high-risk glacial lakes and expand flood early warning systems across four major river…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Has Nepal gained climate justice, or compromised its bigger claim?
It has been two months since the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River. In the meantime, we have also witnessed landslides and floods in the Budhi Gandaki region. The effects of the glacial tsunamis triggered by…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Dog trapped in Budhigandaki flood rescued after 20 days
Gorkha, October 30 A pet dog trapped in the Budhigandaki flood in Gorkha has been rescued after 20 days. It had been stranded since October 11 in Jagat, Chumnubri Rural Municipality-3, in northern Gorkha. On Friday, a…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Army calls for single command in disaster response after Budhigandaki flood
Kathmandu, October 30 The Nepali Army has said that dual command is hindering disaster management. Briefing the Parliamentary Special Committee under the House of Representatives on Friday, Brigadier General Subash Jung…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Nepal’s four proposals to combat climate change impacts supported by 53 countries
Kathmandu, October 30 Nepal has put forward four major proposals to the international community to combat the effects of climate change and manage cross-border risks. It presented them at a high-level regional dialogue…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Flash flood causes damage in Bhutan, glacial lake outburst suspected
Kathmandu, October 30 A sudden major flood struck Bhutan last night, raising suspicions of a possible glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). The flood swept away the entire Tsachu area in Gasa district. The swollen Mo Chhu…
Places · DigiGeoNepal · - Relief delivered by drone to Budhigandaki flood-affected areas
As in the Rasuwa flood, drones have been used to distribute relief in the areas affected by the Budhigandaki flood. They were brought in after the flood blocked both roads and footpaths. Four drones were used in the…
Places · DigiGeoNepal ·