Scientists Blame Climate Change for Nepal's Devastating Flash Floods
The United Nations says direct disaster losses averaged $180 billion to $200 billion a year from 2001 to 2020, underscoring the financing gap.
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Climate change is not the sole cause of the August 26 disaster in Nepal, but decades of rising temperatures have exacerbated factors that destabilize the mountain slopes. Flash floods in Nepal and China: Search for survivors continues. Flash floods in Nepal and China: Increased monitoring of landslides. Flash floods in Nepal and China: Nepalese Prime Minister calls for climate action.
Czech humanitarian organizations have raised approximately 47.3 million crowns to help Nepal, which was hit by devastating floods at the end of August, and are continuing to raise funds. In addition to providing basic needs for the affected population, they are also helping to cope with the trauma of the floods, distributing necessary vaccines, and cooperating on early warning systems, the NGOs said.
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