The 18-month partnership – backed by $4.5 million in funding from HSBC – will support these global humanitarian organisations to respond and provide relief rapidly when natural disasters occur.

More than 550 were still missing in China, and rescue efforts in both countries were complicated by fears of new flooding in the steep Himalayan valleys. Anupreeta Das Binod Ghimire Mujib Mashal Lily ...

New Delhi, India – On the morning of August 26, the Himalayan landscape above Nepal’s Rasuwa district changed in minutes. A mass of ice and rock broke loose high in the mountains and sent a violent ...

Super El Nino phenomenon is setting off more risks of extreme weather of more floods, droughts and typhoons globally. In the past month alone, extreme weather events have spanned from Oceania and ...

Rescuers in Nepal and China raced on Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas, as they faced challenging weather ...

Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Five days after a rocky mountainside and the glacier it supported collapsed near Nepal's border with Tibet, unleashing torrents of flash floodwater, mud and debris on the valleys ...

More than 390 killed, 1,500 missing after a glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet.

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Red Cross, 54 reasons and the QBE Foundation launch a child-focused disaster partnership, as other insurers fund similar ...