SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has acknowledged the growing threat of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Union Territory amid rising global temperatures, accelerated glacier melt ...

A new study in Scientific Reports reveals a sharp rise in buildings and populations exposed to potential flooding and glacial ...

Government will invest $49.9 million in a 2026–2033 project to lower water levels in four high-risk glacial lakes and reduce ...

As glacial disasters intensify across the Himalayas, conventional climate models and economic frameworks must evolve to ...

The unprecedented devastation and loss of lives in the wake of the Nepal flash floods have set off the alarm bells for Himachal Pradesh, with researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ...

Kathmandu (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepal's foreign minister and the UN climate chief on Saturday warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas, as rescuers race to find thousands missing ...

Commission chairman Akhilesh Gupta handed over the report to Tamang in the presence of Pintso Namgyal Lepcha, Sikkim’s minister for forests and environment The commission on glacial hazards submits ...

Officials are scrambling to reduce flood risks after August's glacier collapse that killed more than 1,400 people in the border region with China.

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has launched an initiative to strengthen monitoring of high-altitude glacial lakes, with a scientific team setting out to install the stat ...

The death toll from the massive flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border rose to 392 on Thursday, as rescue teams waded through mud and raced against time to trace more than 1,400 people still ...

Nuwakot (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepal’s disaster authority sharply raised the number of missing to 1,924 on Friday, including 517 foreigners, two days after devastating floods that killed at least 586 in the ...