Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 06, 2024 12:10 am

(UPDATE) KATHMANDU — Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognize his once-beautiful settlement.

It took just moments for freezing floodwaters to engulf Thame in the foothills of Mount Everest, a disaster that climate change scientists say is an ominous sign of things to come in the Himalayan nation.

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