Nepal has made significant efforts towards low-emission development, using government tools to encourage finance flows towards climate action. However, achieving its ambitions will be difficult given current
Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the disease known to be common in plain areas of the country, which kills hundreds of people every year, is increasing. Moreover, it has also been diagnosed among people living in Kathmandu Valley. Tula Kumari, 65 of Basundhara, Kathmandu is receiving treatment for JE for the last 35 days at TU Teaching Hospital (TUTH). JE is a disease that spreads to humans from infected mosquitoes. It is one of a group of mosquito-borne virus diseases that can affect the central nervous system and cause severe complications and even death.
At least two people have been killed from an unknown disease on Thursday at Pipalmadi-9 in Sindhuli district. Over three dozens are still suffering from the same disease in the Bufar village. According to the police, Pramesh Majhi of Sanu-Bufar and an unidentified woman died due to the disease. The victims manifested symptoms including headache, fever, vomiting and body pain, the public health post informed. Local residents expressed dissatisfaction towards the health post for not paying attention towards treating the disease.
Around 40,000 residents of at least 10 village development committees (VDC) along the Koshi river in Susari district in eastern Nepal have been forced to take shelter in local schools and their relatives' houses as the swollen river has breached an embankment in the western side.
Around 40,000 residents of at least 10 village development committees (VDC) along the Koshi river in Susari district in eastern Nepal have been forced to take shelter in local schools and their relatives' houses as the swollen river has breached an embankment in the western side.
After the Saptakosi river damaged dams in western Kusaha region of Sunsari district, Monday, over 25,000 people have been displaced. A section of East-West highway in Laukahi area has also been obstructed due to the flood. As the swollen river started to erode the dams and inundate the nearby villages, tens of thousands of local people have fled their homes for safety. Reports say that people from at least six VDCs
Landslide and flood triggered by incessant rainfall for a week killed at least three persons and five others are feared dead here in the district on Monday. Local Lalu Prasad Acharya, Bhakti Prasad Acharya, Maniram Acharya were buried as a landslide swept away nine houses at Dahachaur of Sukatiya-8 at around 4 am on Monday. They are feared dead. Kamal Bahadur Magar and Dan Bahadur Baral of Kashikandh-7 of Dailekh district, who had been staying at Maniram's hotel were also swept away by the landslide.
Hundreds of locals at Haripur, Sripur, Laukahi and western Kushaha villages in Sunsari district have fled their homes after the swollen Saptakoshi River damaged an embankment in western Kushaha village and began inundating settlements Monday. As of Monday evening, over 25,000 locals left their homes for Inaruwa, Saptari and neighboring Indian villages. Long caravans of people were seen setting out to safer grounds with their belongings on rickshaws, tractors, bicycles and other conveyances.
More than 30,000 villagers in a dozen VDCs in Sunsari district including Paschim Pipara, Haripur, Madhuvan, Kuswaha and Shripur have been displaced due to inundation caused by Koshi River. Closure of most of the doors in the Koshi barrage caused the flooding in the villages, reports say. In the initiatives of the local administration, 40 doors out of 56 have been opened to give outlet to the water. The locals began to flee the villages after 8 p.m. Sunday as the water started to swamp the villages.
Seven persons have died so far in mudslides that hit Kalikot and Pyuthan districts on Saturday. Five members of a family lost their lives in a mudslide in Bharta VDC of Kalikot district. Among them, two seriously injured succumbed to injuries while being rushed to the hospital. Pabindra Shahi, 7, the lone survivor from the calamity, is undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Pabindra's father Gorakh Bahadur Shahi had gone to perform shamanistic rituals in a neighboring village when the tragedy struck his family. He lost his wife and four sons in the disaster.
Is global warming causing more extreme weather? Many people seem to think that the last decade's heat waves, hurricanes and droughts did not happen just by chance, but were linked to the phenomenon of global warming. In 2003, for instance, a ferocious heat wave settled unexpectedly across Europe and killed 35,000 people. Nobody saw it coming.
