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.
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While over 700 mobilisations against fossil fuels are planned around the world from September 15 to 17 to draw the attention of stakeholders, more than 500 people took to the streets today in the nine major cities of Nepal demanding rapid, just and equitable eradication of fossil fuels.
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