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Volcano eruption triggers flight suspensions at Indonesia’s main airport
A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities…
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Rescuers blast through mountains in desperate search for trapped Nepal hydropower workers
Rescue teams in Nepal are using explosives to break through mountainsides and reach hundreds of hydropower workers believed to be…
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Climate change puts Himalayan region at greater risk, says Nepal PM, calls for int’l action
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged international action on climate change, warning that rising climate risks are increasingly threatening…
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 903, more than 4,200 missing
Nepal’s disaster management agency announced on Monday that the death toll from flash floods that struck the country last week…
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Nepal-Tibet flood tragedy deepens as 633 die and nearly 3,000 remain missing
Rescue teams in Nepal and China’s autonomous region of Tibet are racing against time to find nearly 3,000 people still…
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Nepal-China flood rescue on hold as lake breaks banks
A new lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border began overflowing on Friday, raising fears of another devastating…
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Nepal-Tibet flash flood tragedy raises new alarm over Himalayan climate risks
USGS analysis suggests melting glacier collapse highlights growing climate, infrastructure risks The central message is simple and sobering: glaciers, rivers…
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Nepal floods kill at least 165, nearly 1,400 missing after flash floods
At least 165 people have died and nearly 1,400 remain missing after catastrophic flash floods struck communities along the Nepal-Tibet…
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5.9-magnitude quake jolts China’s central Qinghai province
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck in China’s central Qinghai province early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The…
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, according to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and…
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