#himalayas — Public Fediverse posts
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Nepal faces a daunting reconstruction effort after violent flash floods swept away bridges, roads and communications links across the Himalayas, putting Prime Minister Balen Shah's government through its first crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/nepal-pm-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas #balenshah
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'Buyers in the United States, Europe, and Asia are purchasing mad honey with no understanding of how little it takes to cause a serious cardiac incident that can put them in the hospital.' https://theconversation.com/mad-honey-that-can-stop-your-heart-is-now-being-sold-online-worldwide-290090 #Himalayas #madhoney #honey #Nepal #cardiacincidents #foodsafety
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Put together a sourced timeline: Himalayan Glacier Disasters: Nepal Flood & GLOF Timeline.
The USGS concluded it was not an earthquake - the magnitude-5.2 seismic signal came from the collapse itself.
Sources are listed on the page. Corrections genuinely welcome.
https://aitimeline.in/himalayan-glacier-disaster-timeline-2021-2026-6168/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=himalayan-glacier-disaster-timeline
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Scientists are working to confirm a preliminary assessment that a large volume of ice and rock debris entered the Lende Khola, causing an event that triggered an abrupt surge of water, sediment and boulders downstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/society/glacier-avalanche-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #nepal #himalayas #floods #glaciers #climatechange #asia #avalanches #china
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LIVE: Hundreds missing after flash floods hit Nepal
Rescuers search for survivors in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides of Nepal as more than 1,000 people are missing in the Himalayan country and neighboring China after a wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering a catastrophic flash flood. Follow our live page: #nepal #tibet #flashflood #climatecrisis #china #himalayas #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the…
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-hundreds-missing-after-flash-floods-hit-nepal/
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A catastrophic flood along Nepal's border with China has exposed the country's continuing inability to anticipate disasters in one of the world's most unstable glacial regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/27/world/jto-karki-nepal-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nepal #china #floods #glaciers #himalayas
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A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Nepal-Tibet border, triggering flooding on the Nepali side that killed scores of people and left hundreds of tourists missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/27/asia-pacific/flood-nepal-tibet-border-missing-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #floods #nepal #china #glaciers #himalayas
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🔍 Ah, the riveting tale of "what if a lake bursts?" in the #Himalayas. Because, clearly, it's not like we have bigger lakes to worry about or anything. 😂 Just a regular Tuesday in academia, folks! ⛰️💦
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/22/3765/2022/nhess-22-3765-2022.html #lakeburst #academicdiscourse #environmentalconcerns #sciencehumor #researchupdates #HackerNews #ngated -
#MissKittyPolitics #Climate Warning is ravaging the #Himalayas and those that live in the highlands have had horrific events like this. It's #BigOil. End the #GOP.
At least 95 people dead and hu... -
The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.
When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.
Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?
Read more
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c
#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
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A friend posted a photo of a book "Bird Tales From The Himalayas".
Apart from sharing a folklore, I & the group I work with organized a book launch
Apart from the eye catching cover & an association with the book I also just happen to live across from the peaks in the cover.
So photo of the book caught my eye & Iit had to be followed up.
https://www.sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/article/book-review%3A-bird-tales-from-the-himalayas
#himalayas #indiasnature #Books #TitliTrust #kalpavriksh #hHimalayanMonal #Panchachuli #Darma #Munsiari #bookCover
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After two unforgettable weeks in the #Himalayas, it was time to leave the mountains behind. I returned to Pokhara for a night before heading to my next stop: #Bandipur
Is a small hilltop town in #Nepal that feels frozen in time
No crowds, no traffic, just quiet streets, traditional houses, and incredible mountain views
If you're rushing from Pokhara to Kathmandu, consider spending a night or two in Bandipur
https://elprismadefer.com/en/que-hacer-en-bandipur-un-pueblo-de-nepal-detenido-en-el-tiempo/
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Flood And Landslide Susceptibility Assessment And Multi Hazard Interaction Mapping Using Machine Learning And GIS For Sustainable Settlement Planning In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-026-00670-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Narayan Thapa | Earth Data Modeling
“Nepal lies within an active seismic zone and is influenced by most dynamic climatic systems in the world. It faces compounding floods and landslide threats. Impacts are worst where multi-hazard interactions create spatially linked corridors. Despite frequent co-occurrence, national-scale assessments remain limited. This study presents machine learning and GIS-based approach to map nationwide susceptibility to floods, landslides, and identify their potential interaction zones, and delineate critical multi-hazard flow zones through spatial adjacency analysis. Using Google Earth Engine, the Random Forest model integrates topographic, climatic, environmental, and hydrological datasets to overcome subjective expert-driven methods. The model achieved strong predictive accuracy (AUC: 0.84 for floods, 0.85 for landslides). The results showed 19% of Nepal’s lowlands are medium to very highly susceptible to inundation, threatening approximately 900,000 people and over 3.4 million buildings; whilst in the hilly terrains, 40% is susceptible to slope-failure endangering 200,000 people and about 0.6 million buildings. K-means clustering followed by spatial adjacency analysis identified four spatial zonation: 81% of national area as low-hazard zone, 9% as flood-only zone, 5% as landslide-only zone, and 5% as interaction zones. Critical multi-hazard flow zone covering 7,588 km² represents spatially connected corridors linking interaction zones to downstream flood-prone populated areas, affecting 88 km² built-up land and 1,722 km² cropland. These zones represent susceptibility-based spatial connectivity rather than physically simulated cascading processes. These findings support recommendations for risk-informed land-use planning, resilient infrastructure development and climate adaptation aligned to sustainable development and investment risk screening…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #GoogleEarthEngine #MachineLearning #RemoteSensing #GeospatialAI #DisasterRiskReduction #MultiHazard #ClimateAdaptation #climatechange #extremeweather #LandUsePlanning #SustainableDevelopment #InfrastructurePlanning #RiskAssessment #NaturalHazards #Nepal #EarthObservation #HinduKushHimalaya #HKH #HinduKush #Himalayas #risk #hazard #assessment #national #regional #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #massmovement #landslide #assessment #mitigation #water #hydrology #flood #flooding #sustainability -
Good News Post - inspiring stories, hope, positivity, well-being, and a happier outlook on life. [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Scientists Uncover the Story of One of the Himalayas' Largest Lost Glaciers
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@stardust/116980005678881486
"Peak Season" in the Nepali Himalayas is around springtime. From what I've heard, it's packed. The queues for the bridges can be hours long. I visited in winter. There were few tourists and no queues at the bridges. It can be chilly at night but bring a warm sleeping bag and you'll be fine. Highly recommended! 🗻 👍 😁 #Tourism #Travel #Nepal #Himalayas
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After Protests, Uttarakhand Halts Felling of 4,369 Trees for Highway Expansion
sustained public protests, Uttarakhand government pauses felling of 4,369 trees for a highway project
19 Jul 26https://thelogicalindian.com/uttarakhand-uttarakhand-highway-expansion/
e sure to know the trees will be felled - illegally, at night or through some anti people quackery
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Anyone tracking India will realize everywhere it is a people versus injustice situation.#uttarakhand #trees #baddevelopment #himalayas #treefelling #roadwidening
🧵 5/5
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Compound Hydrogeomorphic Cascades And Rapid Upstream To Downstream Hazard Coupling In The Eastern Himalaya
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52915-8 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-00943-z <-- shared paper
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H/T @Kuldeep Dutta | Geology-Earth Science
“… In hilly regions transitioning rapidly to low gradient alluvial plains, localized hydrometeorological triggers can instantly scale into devastating basin wide disasters. This study dissects the September 2020 cascading hazard in parts of the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam corridor to quantify the rapid coupling between upstream hillslopes and downstream floodplains.
Check out the [attached graphical abstract figure] for an integrated visual workflow of the entire disaster continuum from hillslope failure to floodplain transformation...”
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“Extreme precipitation in the Eastern Himalaya is increasingly associated with coupled hillslope-floodplain hazards. This study examines the 17th-18th September 2020 rainfall event in Arunachal Pradesh initiating landslides and its downstream impacts in Assam, India, using multi-sensor satellite data and long-term rainfall records. Sentinel-2 imagery was used to map landslides and debris flows, Sentinel-1 SAR data to delineate flood extent, and IMD gridded rainfall (1996–2020) to analyse rainfall spell characteristics. The event triggered widespread slope failures, localized landslide damming, and a subsequent breach, generating sediment-laden flows that inundated ~ 100 km² of the Dhemaji floodplain. A backscatter-derived Relative Flood Volume Index (RFVI) indicates spatial variability in inundation intensity, although it does not represent absolute flood volume. Rainfall analysis suggests that antecedent wetness from preceding spells preconditioned slopes, while peak daily rainfall (> 170 mm day−1) initiated landsliding. Power-law scaling shows negligible dependence of intensity on duration (R2 ≈ 0.0004), whereas cumulative rainfall exhibits a stronger relationship with duration (R2 ≈ 0.54). These results indicate distinct roles of rainfall intensity and accumulation in controlling landslide initiation and downstream flooding, respectively, highlighting the importance of compound rainfall forcing in rapid hydrogeomorphic cascades…”
#EarthScience #RemoteSensing #Himalayas #NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #ScientificReports #GeospatialAnalysis #DisasterMitigation #Landslide #trigger #Flooding #massmovement #extremeweather #engineeringgeology #floodplain #innundation #hillslope #fluvial #pluvial #alluvial #sediment #sedimentation #hydrometeorology #ArunachalPradesh #Assam #India #Brahmaputra #risk #hazard #geology #engineeringgeology #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #disaster #hydrogeomorphology #workflow
