Scientists Warn: 42 glacial lakes in Nepal at high risk of floods
Forty-two glacial lakes in Nepal face extreme bursting risk. Climate change and melting glaciers threaten villages, ...
Reuters
FEATURE Without cross-border flood alerts, disaster risk grows in Nepal
Climate change adding to threat of glacial lake floods Data sharing about risk levels weak across borders Nepal fears a growing threat to lives and property HELAMBU, Nepal, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...
Opinion
DawnOpinion
Melting glaciers and vanishing hopes
PAKISTAN’S water crisis is no longer a looming threat; it is already here. Glaciers are melting, rivers are swinging from flood to drought within months, and major cities are forced to ration their ...
CNN
Over a month’s-worth of rain could fall in the Desert Southwest and cause widespread and significant flooding
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is no longer being updated. Click here for the latest forecast. A serious flood threat is on tap for some of the driest areas of the United States as an ailing former ...
The Desert Sun
Mojave Desert faces triple weather threat with flood risk, extreme heat and wildfires
Death Valley and the Mojave Desert face a triple threat of flash floods, extreme heat, and wildfire risk. Monsoonal storms combined with moisture from Hurricane Lorena are creating unstable weather ...
India Water Portal
Documentary review: 'Songs of the water spirits' and the changing water realities of Ladakh
A review of Nicolò Bongiorno's award-winning documentary, Songs of the Water Spirits. Explore Ladakh's struggle against ...
AsiaNews
UN: Heat is the “main climate threat” for Asia
The alarm was raised in a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Long-term resilience measures are needed to combat economic losses, health crises and th ...
New York Post
Arizona faces flash flood threat, surge of tropical moisture across Southwest
PHOENIX – The remnants of what was once Hurricane Priscilla in the Eastern Pacific, in combination with other ingredients, are making for a wet, and potentially dangerous, weekend across portions of ...
The Hill
Flooding is a major danger — treat it as a US national security threat
Flooding is not a terrorist organization, a rival economic superpower or a shadowy network of hackers — things we usually think of as national security threats. It’s a natural disaster, one which has ...
New York Post
Millions of people face flood threat in Great Plains, Fla. amid Labor Day holiday travel
Tens of millions of people are about to hit the road and head home after the Labor Day holiday weekend, but some of those trips could see delays as more rounds of relentless rain and thunderstorms are ...