A guide to the best coverage on the Nepal floods
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⛑️ On the disaster response:
Nepal sent its disaster alert 38 minutes after the glacier collapse. It wasn't enough (Subeksha Pousel, The Kathmandu Post, 9 September 2026)
Bhotekoshi Flood: The Warning That Came by Telephone (Devesh Belbase, Spotlight Nepal, 28 August 2026)
Community-based warning saves lives during Nepal floods (Abhaya Raj Joshi, Mongabay, 7 September 2026)
👥 On the human impact
Trisuli on my mind (Pratibha Tuladhar, Nepali Times, 5 September 2026)
A storm from the sky (Original in Nepali by Narayan Wagle, Setopati, 13 September 2026, summarised into English by Pranaya Rana for Translator)
✊ On climate justice
The Himalayas Didn't Cause the Climate Crisis. Why Are Nepalis Paying the Price? (Pradeep Majgaiyan, The Revelator, 3 September 2026)
Nepal's Rasuwa flood disaster is an alert to Southasia and the world (Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Southasian, 7 September 2026)
Why has the response to Nepal's floods been so muted? (Sunil Acharya, Al Jazeera Opinion, 16 September 2026)
After the flash flood disaster, here is what Nepal really needs (Dikshya Subedi, Al Jazeera Opinion, 31 August 2026)
