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September 02, 2026The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, a senior U.N. official has warned, as the death toll from last week's flood in Nepal,
September 01, 2026Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods
September 01, 2026The death toll from Nepal's devastating floods surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as rescuers deployed heavy
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August 31, 2026Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
August 28, 2026Rescuers are trying to find trapped workers in hydroelectric plant tunnels after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 900 people and left more than 4,700 missing
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August 30, 2026As Indonesia's wildfire season intensifies, authorities are on high alert as they work to contain the damage and avoid the devastation that hit the
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August 30, 2026A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
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August 28, 2026Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors along the Nepal-China border after catastrophic floods struck the region Wednesday
August 28, 2026As researchers investigate how a landslide caused such catastrophic flooding in Nepal, a CNN review of satellite imagery and videos sheds light on how the flood unfolded. CNN's Yahya Abou-Ghazala reports
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