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South Korea to respond firmly to North Korean breaches of border, security aide saysSouth Korea plans to respond firmly to protect its military border amid rising tensions with North Korea. After a landmine blast injured So...- Bhutan GLOF washes away Gasa hot spring complex, damages highway; assessment underwaySintaphu Lake in Bhutan experienced a glacial lake outburst flood that washed away a hot spring complex. The Punakha-Gasa highway also suff...
- Bhutan glacial lake outburst flood triggers alert in North Bengal; thousands relocated, disaster response teams deployedA glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) has been reported at Lemthang in Bhutan, triggering a high alert across North Bengal as water flows do...
- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- India, Bhutan review hydropower projects, strengthen flood forecasting and data-sharing cooperationIndia and Bhutan reviewed progress on key hydropower projects and agreed to strengthen cooperation on trans-boundary rivers, flood forecast...
- Earthquake of magnitude 3.1 strikes BhutanBhutan experienced a shallow 3.1 magnitude earthquake early Thursday morning, following two other seismic events on September 8. The nation...
- Can catastrophe bonds save India from the financial burden of natural disasters?India is exploring catastrophe bonds ('cat bonds') to manage financial risks from earthquakes and extreme weather. These bonds transfer ris...
- Himalayan glacial lakes saw 10.81 per cent area expansion from 2011 to 2024: ReportGlacial lakes across the Himalayan region expanded by 10.81% from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, according to a government report. Ind...
- Himalayan glacial lakes saw 10.81 per cent area expansion from 2011 to 2024: ReportGlacial lakes in the Himalayan region increased by 10.81 per cent in area from 2011 to 2024. This rise is due to climate change and heighte...
- India to start monitoring high-risk glacial lakes next yearIndia plans to install an early warning system at high-risk glacial lakes in the Himalayas next year after deadly floods killed at least 60...
- India lake that flooded was poised to get early warning systemAn early warning system for glacial floods at Lhonak Lake in northeast India failed to prevent deadly consequences when the lake broke its ...
- Mountain of trash may be driving Himalayas to disasterExperts say that continuous storage of huge quantities of water has turned lakes on high mountains into potential "water bombs" for the pop...
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