Massive flash floods in Nepal have claimed 177 lives, with thousands, including 300 Indian tourists, reported missing. The disaster, caused by an ice avalanche blocking a river, has devastated multiple districts, damaged critical...

'This is no longer a single-hazard problem; it is a cascading, multi-hazard problem. A landslide never occurs in isolation. This entire chain is the cascading effect of what looks, at first, like a single disaster.'

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is closely monitoring the India-Nepal border regions in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for any adverse impact from the devastating flash floods in Nepal. While no significant impact has been reported...