The devastating Aug 26 floods, triggered by heavy rain and glacial lake outbursts, killed around 1,500 people, with more than 5,000 missing. (EPA Images pic)KATHMANDU: The Nepali government has unveiled plans to expand flood early warning systems across six major river basins and lower water levels in four high-risk glacial lakes to strengthen disaster preparedness amid growing climate-related risks in the Himalayan region, reported Xinhua.
The initiatives form part of a broader strategy to improve flood forecasting, reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and modernise weather forecasting using advanced technologies, according to separate documents issued by the Centre for Hydrology and Water Resources Research and the department of hydrology and meteorology.
