The mountain section whose collapse triggered fatal floods in Nepal and China on Aug. 26 had experienced unprecedented heat ...

A doctor who recently completed a fellowship at the University of Minnesota and three family members, including his wife who ...

The world’s glaciers have shrunk by about one-fifth in the last century and are expected to lose at least another quarter of ...

Kathmandu is a place most Koreans know only through Um Hong-gil, the mountaineer who, in 2007, became the first to summit all ...

As the climate continues to warm, scientists warn that the frequency of disasters like the floods in Nepal will increase.

The deadly flash flood in Nepal was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, ...

The collapse reportedly blocked two rivers, creating a barrier lake and triggering fears of a second flash flood. Where is ...

Beijing was not to blame for the devastating flash floods at the Nepali-Tibetan border; but its subsequent information management paints a murky picture, says Chandu Doddi.

Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of a glacier in the Nepali Himalayas signal a new kind ...

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common. By Jason ...

By Joseph Campbell DEVIGHAT, Nepal, Sept 9 (Reuters) - With roads and bridges destroyed and helicopters busy with search and rescue operations after last month's devastating floods, Nepal’s army is ...

By Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Flood-hit Nepal will ask wealthier ...