Cyclone Amphan made landfall in Bangladesh and eastern India on 20 May 2020. The massive tropical cyclone resulted in the loss of at least 96 lives and caused extensive damage to infrastructure. To...
Managing water resources is a critical challenge in the mountain and hill regions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Not only is demand increasing – for domestic use, irrigation, industry, and energy...
The Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) concept is being widely adopted because it provides a holistic approach to river basin management. IRBM takes into consideration not just the water within...
Tsho Rolpa is a large, potentially dangerous glacial lake in Nepal that has been the subject of extensive research and monitoring for decades, with the Government of Nepal even placing it on its...
ICIMOD has prepared flood inundation maps in view of the floods and landslides that this year’s monsoon has triggered in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. The maps have been prepared using...
Floods and flash floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya cause considerable loss of lives and property, particularly during the monsoon. To address such flood risks and enhance the resilience of vulnerable...
Foreword The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is prone to natural hazards like floods, glacier lake outbursts, droughts, landslides, avalanches, and earthquakes. The unstable geological conditions...
Extreme weather events and water-induced hazards are quite common in the Koshi basin. Due to the basin’s transboundary nature, these events have cascading impacts across national borders. Hazards in...
The three-day regional workshop on “Communicating flood early warning for last-mile connectivity” held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2 to 4 October 2018 ended with an agreement among participants to...
Philippus Wester Arabinda Mishra Aditi Mukherji Arun Bhakta ShresthaEditors Foreword This assessment report establishes the value of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) for the 240 million hill and...