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  1. Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

    A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

    fllics.com/en/video/chinese-na

  2. Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

    A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

    fllics.com/en/video/chinese-na

  3. Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

    A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

    fllics.com/en/video/chinese-na

  4. Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

    A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

    fllics.com/en/video/chinese-na

  5. Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

    A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

    fllics.com/en/video/chinese-na

  6. '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.' theconversation.com/mad-honey- #Himalayas #madhoney #honey #Nepal #cardiacincidents #foodsafety

  7. '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.' theconversation.com/mad-honey- #Himalayas #madhoney #honey #Nepal #cardiacincidents #foodsafety

  8. 🔍 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! ⛰️💦
    nhess.copernicus.org/articles/ #lakeburst #academicdiscourse #environmentalconcerns #sciencehumor #researchupdates #HackerNews #ngated

  9. 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.

    sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/

    #himalayas #indiasnature #Books #TitliTrust #kalpavriksh #hHimalayanMonal #Panchachuli #Darma #Munsiari #bookCover

  10. 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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    doi.org/10.1007/s44288-026-006 <-- 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

  11. Compound Hydrogeomorphic Cascades And Rapid Upstream To Downstream Hazard Coupling In The Eastern Himalaya
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-529 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-009 <-- 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

  12. Compound Hydrogeomorphic Cascades And Rapid Upstream To Downstream Hazard Coupling In The Eastern Himalaya
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-529 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-1281- <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-077 <-- shared paper
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    [I recognise that the photo is instead for the floods, etc in Lubra, Nepal - but felt it better showed the hydrogeomorphical setting (sic) for the 'casual' post viewer...]
    H/T @Kuldeep Dutta
    “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…”
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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/) 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 #Flooding #alluvial #fluvial #water #hydrology #hydrography #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mountain #plain #hydrometeorological #hydrogeomorphology #ArunachalPradesh #Assam #India #hillslope #floodplain #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #risk #hazard #monitoring #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #Sentinel #sedimentation #humanimpacts #infrastructure #damage #cost #economics #public #safety #model #modeling #downstream

  13. Muktinath Temple travel guide: luxury Nepal Himalayas trip planning for one of the world’s most sacred high-altitude pilgrimage sites.

    How to reach Muktinath, what to expect, why Mustang feels like another planet, and how to do it without letting logistics eat the trip.

    thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com

    #VagabondCouple #travel #Nepal #Muktinath #Himalayas #Mustang #NepalTravel

  14. Permafrost Distribution, Degradation, And Potential Mass Movement Cascades In The Western Himalaya Using Machine Learning And Numerical Models
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    doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-002 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-220 <-- shared (earlier) paper
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    doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2025. <-- shared (earlier) paper
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    H/T @abhinav Alangadan
    “Can we develop a first-order understanding of permafrost degradation and glacial lakes exposed to degradation-induced mass movements in the Himalaya?
    [The authors] tried to address this question. The study [first link above] integrates machine learning, statistical modeling, and numerical modeling to investigate high-resolution permafrost distribution, potential degradation, and associated mass-movement hazards in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India.
    Using rock glaciers as proxies, [they] generated a high-resolution permafrost distribution using machine learning, while potential degradation zones were delineated using the 0°C isotherm as a first-order indicator. [They] further identified glacial lakes located near potentially degrading permafrost zones and reconstructed their bathymetry. A detailed scenario-based GLOF process-chain simulation was then carried out for Kashang Lake using r.avaflow and HEC-RAS.
    [Their] results indicate that seven glacial lakes in #Kinnaur are located close to potentially degrading permafrost zones. The simulations further show that a potential GLOF from Kashang Lake could inundate critical downstream infrastructure, including nearly 11 km of National Highway 5…”
    #permafrost #distribution #GIS #spatial #mapping #Himalayas #India #Kinnaur #HimachalPradesh #KashangLake #massmovement #engineeringgeology #machinelearning #AI #model #modeling #numericalmodel #glaciallakes #glaciet #glacial #glaciallakeoutburstflood #GLOF #cryosphere #geostatistics #rockglaciers #GeoAI #bathymetry #processchainsimulation #HECRAS #avaflow #risk #hazard #mitigation #riskassessment #infrastructure #HEP #publicsafety #downstream #avalanche

  15. John Krakauer, the author of "Into Thin Air",says he wishes that he had never gone to Mt. Everest.
    This is the 30th anniversary of the deadly1996 Everest disaster.
    #mountainclimbing
    #mteverest
    #Himalayas
    people.com/jon-krakauer-into-t

  16. #Movies #ClassicMovies . . .

    Just rewatched #LostHorizon (1937) on #Tubi, a #FrankCapra movie starring #RonaldColeman & co-starring #JaneWyatt, for the 1s time in years.

    I've got this #movie on #DVD but the one on Tubi is the restored 132 min movie; the one that I have on DVD is a shorter cut version.

    The movie is about finding the mythical city of #ShangraLa in the #Himalayas. It's a great movie & a "must see," if you're a movie buff & if you've never seen it before.

    It's in B&W. They have the full sound track but 6-7 mins of the film was never found in useable condition. I'd rate it 9 out of 10.

  17. Here's a potato-quality photograph of one of them. But mostly the view we had was of them streaking past.
    #nature #wildlife #photography #himalayas #mustelid

  18. A pair of Yellow-Bellied Weasels (Mustela kathiah) decided to spend a few days in our backyard. They were lightning-quick, utterly unafraid of humans being nearby, and systematically investigated every drainage hole in the retaining wall.
    #nature #wildlife #photography #himalayas #mustelid

  19. India Safaris @indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com@indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com ·

    Indian Towns with a European Vibe: Explore Charm, Luxury, and Culture in 2026–2027

    India is a land of diversity, from bustling metropolises to serene villages. Yet, tucked away in certain corners are towns that exude a distinctly European vibe, cobblestone streets, colonial architecture, quaint cafes, and misty hilltops reminiscent of the Alps. These towns are perfect for travelers seeking luxury India tours, offbeat experiences, and scenic escapes. Whether you’re planning a Golden Triangle tour in India, a wildlife holiday in India, or an immersive India tour package, […]

    indiasafaristrends.wordpress.c

  20. 🌏 Work from the Himalayas!🏔️👨🏻‍💻✨

    Nepal is set to introduce a digital nomad visa within the next year, welcoming remote workers to experience its breathtaking landscapes and rich culture.

    This initiative aims to boost tourism and attract global talent, making Nepal a top destination for digital nomads seeking adventure and tranquillity.

    Why Nepal?
    — Stunning natural beauty
    — Affordable living
    — Vibrant culture
    — Warm hospitality

    kathmandupost.com/money/2025/0

    risingnepaldaily.com/news/6274

    #Nepal #DigitalNomad #Nomad #NomadLife #DigitalNomafLife #DigitalNomadLifestyle #Visa #NepalVisa #Himalaya #Himalayas #Tourism #NepalTourism #NaturalBeauty #Himal #Mountains #Adventure #Culture #VisaPolicy #NomadicLife #NomadicLove #NomadicLifestyle #HimalayanRepublic #NepaliCulture #VibrantCulture #VisitNepal #Nomads #RemoteWork #RemoteWorkLife #NepalHimalayas #नेपाल #हिमालय

  21. Ever wondered how the mighty Himalayas rose from the sea?

    The collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates created the world's highest mountains through five fascinating geological phases. Watch this quick reel to journey through millions of years in just seconds!

    #EnliteIAS #Himalayas #IndianGeography #Geology #UPSC #IAS #CivilServices #IASCoaching #UPSCPreparation #UPSCAspirants

  22. Climate Change Impact Assessment On The Hydrological Regime Of The Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.20 <-- shared paper
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    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • The rise in temperature and increase in precipitation is projected in future in Kaligandaki River basin.
    • The water availability in the basin is not likely to decrease during this century.
    • The change in water balance in the upper sub-basins of Kaligandaki River is higher.
    • The output from this research could be beneficial for water resources management..."
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #Kaligandaki #riverbasin #basin #river #hydrology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #climatechange #temperature #precipitation #ET ##waterresources #water #watersecurity #waterbalance #impactassessment #humanimpacts #freshwater #HinduKush #himalayas #SWAT #prediction #projection #cimip5 #gcm #waterbalance #snowmelt #evapotranspiration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

  23. Stopped at the gompa in Lubra and the locals were holding a puja for the full moon. They let us join in. Very beautiful moments in that lovely old building, with the traditions keep alive by the village folk.

    #EwenOnTour #Photography #Nepal #AnnapurnaRanges #Himalayas #Puja #HappyPlaces

  24. One more from this morning. Beside the Kali Gandaki River the pilgrims set fire to candles and make offerings to their gods. I am not a religious person at all, but I do find it fascinating the detail and passion that goes into such fevered devotion.

    #EwenOnTour #Photography #Nepal #AnnapurnaRanges #Kagbeni #Himalayas #Dashain #HappyPlaces

  25. This view never gets old. Not really a lazy stroll in the park, but totally worth the effort. This is where the Mustang meets the Annapurnas.

    #EwenOnTour #Photography #Nepal #AnnapurnaRanges #Kagbeni #Himalayas #HappyPlaces

  26. We have a nice place to rest in Kagbeni. Sunny rooms. Views of Nilgiri from dawn til dusk. Yummy food :) I like it here very much.

    #EwenOnTour
    #Photography
    #Nepal
    #AnnapurnaRanges
    #Kagbeni
    #Himalayas
    #HappyPlaces