Flood-proof Himalayas

Shrinking, Thinning, Retreating: Afghan glaciers under threat from climate change

Lying high up in Afghanistan’s highest mountains, hidden from most human eyes, are almost 4,000 glaciers, according to the first ...

BMD launches High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Wednesday introduced the High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) aiming to simulate extreme weather hazards ...

NASA Data Supercharges Forecasting in Bangladesh – nasa.gov

Bangladesh has a long history of deadly and costly storms. Among the most worrisome are kalbaishakhi, small but powerful storm ...

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

Flooding in dozens of districts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces have destroyed broad swaths of agricultural land. The ...

Early warning systems saving lives during Nepal’s monsoon

For days leading up to the disaster, Mr. Harisaran Shrestha had been listening to warnings about floods in the Melamchi, ...

Nepal’s land divided into 11 categories

Kathmandu: The government has classified the land into 11 different categories. Based on the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) ...

Monsoon floods devastate commercial crops, cause loss of $1.7 bn in Sindh: study

A recent by the International Centre for Integrated Mountains Development (ICIMOD) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has revealed that ...

Floods in Pakistan threaten food security, destroy important crops