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Nearly 300,000 people now live in flood-prone areas of the Nepalese Himalayas
Original: Almost 300,000 people now live in flood‑prone areas in the Nepalese Himalayas – new research # Environment # ClimateChan
New research finds that almost 300,000 people in the Nepalese Himalayas now live in areas at risk of flooding, with melting glaciers swelling glacial lakes that can burst and devastate downstream villages. The findings highlight the growing human cost of climate change in mountain regions and the urgent need for disaster planning and early-warning systems in Nepal.
Why now: The research links rapid Himalayan glacial melt to rising flood risk for hundreds of thousands of people, a striking new measure of climate change impacts.
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