On Sunday a surge of water and debris went roaring down the steep mountain valleys of the Rishiganga river, erasing everything in its path....
The World Bank has warned that climate change could sharply diminish living conditions for up to 800 million people in South Asia....
But the effects are already felt, often in deadly ways, in large parts of the Himalayan belt from Bhutan to Afghanistan. The region has about 15, 000 glaciers, which are retreating at a rate of 100 to 200 feet per decade.
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2021-02-08 00:00:00.0