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When a flash flood descended on a Himalayan community in the Mustang district in Nepal, it shocked residents, climate experts, and disaster management.
KATHMANDU, Sep 26 (IPS) - After heavy rains caused a flash flooding in the high mountains in the trans-Himalayan Mustang district of Nepal, residents and scientists have called for additional research and risk reduction measures in a region now considered vulnerable to climate-change-related disasters.
When a flash flood descended on a Himalayan community in the Mustang district in Nepal, it shocked the residents, climate change experts, and disaster risk management.