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Disasters like the Nepal floods becoming more frequent because of climate change

As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent.

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气候变化导致尼泊尔洪灾等灾害发生频率增加。

A drone view shows rescue workers inspecting the area and damaged structures following recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal.

When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last month, Pema Tamang and her neighbours fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been rebuilt the previous year after a 2015 earthquake.

The steep mountain folds of the Himalayas, already prone to earthquakes, have seen more frequent flash floods as high mountain glaciers melt, redrawing rivers at sometimes terrifying speed.

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