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The question is not simply how to respond to the flood, but how to reduce the economic and human consequences of the next disaster, says this researcher.

Nepal adopts temporary burials and DNA testing to identify the dead.

"The support to Nepal should not be just seen from an angle of aid or charity, but should be seen from a perspective of climate justice as well," says Nepal's foreign minister.

Rescuers in Nepal are prioritising the search for at least 900 workers missing from 12 hydropower projects.

ISLAMABAD, Sept 1 - The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, a senior U.N. official has warned, as the death toll from last week's flood in Nepal, triggered by a glacier's collapse, surpassed 1,000.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that 30 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing, a number she says may change as the government gets more information.

Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) masih belum menerima kebenaran daripada kerajaan Nepal untuk mengatur gerak misi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR), bagi membantu negara itu susulan bencana banjir dan tanah runtuh.

Women at a school camp said they have had to contend with inadequate toilet facilities and unsanitary conditions.

SHAH ALAM The wife of missing Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JPBM) officer Mohd Sani Harul has made an emotional plea for his safe return after being unable to contact him for four days following devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal.Aziela Shaharuddin appealed to Allah to protect her husband, who is the Planning and Research Division Deputy Director at JPBM's Headquarters and return him safely to his family.In an emotional prayer shared online, Aziela said her family remained hopeful despite not knowing Sanis whereabouts or condition.Assalamualaikum, abang

KUALA LUMPUR - The next of kin of the victims who have still not been traced after the mudslide tragedy in Nepal a week ago are preparing to submit their deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) samples and are just waiting for a call from the authorities to do so.Sivakumar Kalimuthu, 57, husband of victim Kalai Mathe Karuppaiah, 57, said his children are now on standby and waiting for official notification to carry out the identity profile cross-reference procedure.He said that although his three children are in Singapore, Langkawi and Selangor, they have been given an explanation and understand the important need to provide the samples."The children are all ready, wait for tomorrow or whenever they call since yesterday and today are holidays

CHITWAN, Nepal, Sept 1 - For four agonising days after floodwaters tore through Nepal's Rasuwa district, Ayush Khadka's family searched desperately for any sign that the 21-year-old civil servant was still alive.

SHAH ALAM Waris kepada salah seorang rakyat Malaysia yang gagal dihubungi susulan tragedi banjir kilat di Nepal memaklumkan sampel asid deoksiribonukleik (DNA) ahli keluarganya akan diambil pada Rabu.K

Hani Othman berjaya mengumpulkan satu lori barangan bantuan untuk mangsa banjir di Nepal, namun masih menunggu kelulusan Kerajaan Nepal sebelum dibenarkan mengagihkannya di kawasan bencana.

The number of missing individuals has surged dramatically, with Nuwakot reporting 1,558 people unaccounted for and Rasuwa reporting 865. In addition, 933 people associated with a hydropower project, 592 foreign nationals, and 127 Nepalis accompanying foreign tourists remain missing

The death toll from flooding in Nepal and Tibet has gone past 1,000, as rescue teams continue search for survivors.

The death toll across Nepal and Tibet rose to 1,003, while nearly 4,500 people remained missing.

Angka kematian akibat banjir kilat dan tanah runtuh di sempadan Nepal-China mencecah 1,003 orang, manakala kira-kira 4,462 individu masih hilang, menurut data rasmi kedua-dua pihak.

SHAH ALAM - Tokoh Wartawan Negara, Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar menaruh keyakinan pendaki Malaysia yang masih belum dapat dihubungi susulan bencana banjir kilat dan limpahan lumpur di Nepal berada di kawasan penginapan sepanjang Langtang Valley, yang terletak lebih tinggi dan bukannya di bandar yang terjejas akibat bencana berkenaan.Beliau yang merupakan Ketua Pasukan Pensolo Langtang Valley Trail 2024 menyatakan bahawaberdasarkan pengalamannya mendaki kawasan berkenaan, kebanyakan lokasi sepanjang laluan Langtang Valley merupakan tempat rehat dan persinggahan untuk pendaki bermalam."Saya dan pasukan pendaki seramai 12 orang dari Malaysia berada di Lantang Valley pada bulan September 2024

KATHMANDU: Angka korban banjir dahsyat di sempadan China-Nepal meningkat kepada sekurang-kurangnya 1,003 orang, selepas Nepal merekodkan 987 kematian, menurut pihak berkuasa bencana hari ini

BEIJING, Sept 1 - Chinese rescue teams worked through the night and relentless rain to restore the last remaining kilometre of the sole road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal, torn apart by a catastrophic mudslide last week.

Tunnel expert Arnold Dix says large underground areas may have sheltered workers from the devastation, as rescue work continues in hydropower sites.

KUALA LUMPUR: The efforts of Hani Othman, wife of a senior fire officer missing in the Nepal flood tragedy, to collect essential supplies for disaster victims have paid off after she filled a lorry with donations.

KATHMANDU: In Nepals capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after Wednesdays devastating floods post photographs on a wall, clinging to a final, fading hope of finding them.

SHAH ALAM - Kementerian Luar sedang mendapatkan pengesahan daripada berkuasa di Nepal berhubung laporan tular mengenai seorang individu dipercayai mempunyai kaitan dengan kumpulan rakyat Malaysia yang terjejas dalam kejadian banjir kilat di negara itu.Kementerian itu dalam kenyataan pada Selasa memaklumkan, Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Kathmandu kini berusaha mendapatkan pengesahan berhubung perkara itu."Kementerian tidak akan membuat sebarang spekulasi mengenai laporan tersebut sementara proses pengesahan masih berjalan."Kementerian terus mengutamakan penyaluran maklumat yang telah disahkan mengenai kes individu secara langsung kepada waris," menurut kenyataan itu.Terdahulu, media melaporkan satu mayat dipercayai warga Nepal daripada rombongan yang turut disertai 23 rakyat Malaysia ditemukan di kawasan Trishuli pada Ahad.Pada masa sama, pihak kementerian turut memohon kerjasama pihak media memberi ruang kepada proses pengesahan yang dilakukan dan menghormati privasi keluar yang terlibat."Sebarang perkembangan yang sesuai untuk dimaklumkan kepada umum akan disampaikan setelah maklumat berkenaan disahkan," menurut kenyataan itu lagi.

About 600 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts.

KUALA LUMPUR - Usaha gigih Hani Othman, isteri kepada anggota Pasukan Khas Udara Bomba (PASKUB) yang hilang dalam tragedi di Nepal, mengumpulkan barangan keperluan untuk mangsa bencana membuahkan hasil.Menerusi perkongsian di laman Instagram miliknya hari ini, Hani memaklumkan beliau kini sedang menunggu kelulusan daripada pihak Kerajaan Nepal untuk memasuki kawasan bencana bagi mengagihkan bantuan berkenaan."Terima kasih (kepada) yang turut beri sumbangan

Tular rakaman sebuah rumah yang kekal berdiri teguh di tengah-tengah banjir besar yang menenggelamkan banyak rumah di Nepal baru-baru ini

A nationalist Indian TV personality, Arnab Goswami, called the Nepal floods a possible China made disaster.

SEOUL, Sept 1 - South Korea will send a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations after flooding in the Rasuwa region, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Malaysia memohon kebenaran Kerajaan Nepal untuk menggerakkan Pasukan SMART bagi membantu operasi SAR susulan banjir dan tanah runtuh, termasuk usaha mengesan rakyat Malaysia yang masih belum dapat dihubungi.

Scientists say the Himalayas, the worlds highest mountain range, are melting faster as global temperatures rise.

"It is now time for us to strongly raise with the international community the issue of the disasters we are experiencing as a result of climate change," said Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah.

Waris yang menetap di luar negara diminta menjalani pemprofilan DNA di makmal bertauliah di negara masing-masing dan menghantar salinan profil DNA itu kepada polis Nepal.

Nepal mudslide death toll rises to 974

# 5 hari tanpa khabar berita, isteri anggota bomba di Nepal titip doa KUALA LUMPUR Isteri kepadaTimbalan Pengarah Bahagian di Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM), Muhammad Sani Harul yang masih gagal dihubungi dalam kejadian banjir kilat di Nepal menitipkan doa bagi keselamatan suaminya itu

# Jika tiada urusan kecemasan saya ikut Adib ke Nepal - Luqman SEBERANG PERAI - Kalau bukan kerana urusan kecemasan pada saat akhir, saya pasti bersama Adib di Nepal"

PARIS: More than 2,500 buildings were destroyed in Nepals Trishuli valley in tsunami-like glacial floods on August 26, according to an AFP computation of data from Europes Copernicus observatory.

Georgetown: Keluarga Muhammad Muhaimin Azhad Noor Hadi yang dilaporkan masih gagal dihubungi susulan banjir kilat dan tanah runtuh di kawasan sempadan Nepal-Tibet, Rabu lalu masih berharap pendaki itu ditemukan selamat

KATHMANDU, Nepal: At least 4,471 people were listed as missing on Monday, with a further 955 confirmed dead, after the flash floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia sedang berusaha mendapatkan kebenaran daripada Kerajaan Nepal untuk mengatur gerak Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) bagi membantu operasi susulan bencana alam di wilayah Tibet, China

Residents in Nepal are returning to flood-ravaged homes, sifting through mud and debris to salvage whatever they can.

The headmaster of a school in Nepal successfully evacuated the building, saving many lives, with just 14 minutes' warning before the mud water swept through

Satellite connectivity reportedly helped one survivor reach rescuers during the deadly Nepal flooding disaster.

PUTRAJAYA - Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) mengecam sekeras-kerasnya tindakan merosakkan dan membakar sebuah masjid di Golbazar, Siraha, Nepal susulan ketegangan antara komuniti, baru-baru ini.Yang Dipertua Yadim, Datuk Dr Hasan Bahrom berkata, kejadian yang turut memusnahkan naskhah al-Quran serta bahan hadis itu bercanggah dengan nilai kemanusiaan, keamanan dan keharmonian."Perbuatan membakar al-Quran, merosakkan masjid dan mencemarkan rumah ibadat merupakan tindakan yang tidak wajar dilakukan dalam masyarakat bertamadun kerana bercanggah dengan nilai kemanusiaan, keamanan dan keharmonian," katanya dalam kenyataan pada Isnin.Hasan berkata, kebebasan beragama tidak boleh dijadikan alasan untuk menghina atau merosakkan agama serta rumah ibadat mana-mana pihak.Beliau berkata, sebarang perbezaan dan ketegangan antara komuniti perlu diselesaikan menerusi dialog serta saluran undang-undang, bukannya melalui provokasi, keganasan atau tindakan membalas dendam atas nama agama.Sehubungan dengan itu, Yadim menggesa pihak berkuasa Nepal menjalankan siasatan secara menyeluruh, telus dan adil serta mengambil tindakan sewajarnya terhadap pihak yang terbukti terlibat.Dalam pada itu, Hasan mengingatkan masyarakat supaya tidak mencela atau meraikan penderitaan mangsa banjir yang melanda Nepal.Sebaliknya, Hasan berkata, nilai rahmah, ihsan dan kemanusiaan perlu diterjemahkan menerusi doa serta bantuan kepada mereka yang memerlukan tanpa mengira agama dan latar belakang.Katanya, pendirian itu selari dengan semangat Malaysia Madani dan Madani Membantu di bawah kepimpinan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama) Dr Zulkifli Hasan yang mengangkat nilai ihsan, kemanusiaan dan rahmah dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat dan hubungan antarabangsa.Beliau berkata Yadim turut mendoakan supaya keamanan kembali pulih di Nepal serta semua mangsa dan masyarakat terjejas diberiperlindungan, kekuatan dan pertolongan

Nepal's flood death toll has risen to 939 while missing persons drop to 3,925 as search and rescue operations enter their sixth day.

PARIS: More than 2,500 buildings were destroyed in Nepals Trishuli valley in tsunami-like glacial floods on August 26, according to an AFP computation of data from Europes Copernicus observatory.

Nepals disaster agency said Monday that 903 deaths had been counted in that country, with 4,247 people, including 592 foreigners, missing.

Students and teachers had just minutes to evacuate.

About 590 foreign nationals from 39 countries and regions are still missing after the deadly mudslide in Nepal as per the available data, the Nepali Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Organizers across the country, in cities including Toronto, Brampton and Calgary, cancelled Teej celebrations in light of the disaster.

KATHMANDU – Sebuah rumah berwarna hijau di Nepal menjadi sensasi internet kerana kekal teguh ketika banjir lumpur deras menenggelamkan kebanyakan kediaman dan menghanyutkan bangunan di sekitarnya, lapor portal berita Gulf News

SINGAPORE: Singapore will send humanitarian supplies and personnel to Nepal to support relief efforts following severe flash floods near the Nepal-China border, the Foreign Ministry said.

590 foreign nationals missing, 390 rescued in Nepal mudslide

A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday that experts and official agencies from China and Nepal have conducted assessments of the cause of the disaster, concluding that the collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal triggered the mudslide.

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 31 The family of Muhammad Muhaimin Azhad Noor Hadi, who has reportedly remained unreachable fol...

Singapore will also deliver humanitarian assistance comprising both civilian and Singapore Armed Forces supplies to Nepal, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Cyberspace authorities have vowed to crack down on false disaster information that could mislead members of the public and disrupt online order.

The death toll from Nepal's mudslide has risen to 919 as of 1 p.m

Rescuers are racing to search for survivors after a devastating mudslide, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche in Nepal, hit the border port of Gyirong in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The Nepali government says more than 100 workers may still be alive inside multiple tunnels.

Keluarga Muhammad Adib Haikal Awang Mansor masih menanti kepulangannya selepas pendaki Malaysia itu dilaporkan hilang susulan banjir dan tanah runtuh di Nepal.

SHAH ALAM "Semalam kak mimpi Haikal balik dengan selamat. Masa itu banyak kali kak tanya, betul ke ini bukan mimpi? Rasa sangat nyata."Demikian luahan penuh emosi seorang wanita yang dikenali sebagai Myanaimah menerusi hantaran di platform Threads mengenai adik iparnya, Muhammad Adib Haikal Awang Mansor, yang dilaporkan hilang selepas kejadian banjir dan tanah runtuh di Nepal.Muhammad Adib Haikal, 27, merupakan seorang daripada tiga pendaki warga Malaysia yang masih gagal dihubungi selepas kawasan pendakian mereka terjejas akibat bencana tersebut.Menerusi hantaran yang turut disertakan beberapa keping gambar kenangan, Myanaimah berkongsi bahawa mimpi berkenaan terasa begitu nyata sehingga seolah-olah Adib Haikal telah pulang dan berada di hadapan keluarganya."Siap bawa balik macam-macam cenderamata untuk kami pilih, sama seperti sebelum ini."Balik tau, mak, abah, adik-beradik semua sayang sangat Haikal

In Nepal, the disaster agency raised the total number of people missing on its side of the border to 4,247, with 903 bodies recovered.

903 dead and 4,247 missing in Nepal mudslide, disaster authority says

He said the devastating floods have made it very difficult to collect a complete account of the losses.

KATHMANDU/BEIJING, Aug 31 - Nepal's rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of last week's Himalayan flood that carved a trail of destruction in the country's valley towns and villages as well as across the border in China.

SHAH ALAM - "Ya ALLAH, kembalikanlah dia kepada kami dengan selamat."Itu luahan penuh harapan Aziela Shaharuddin yang masih menanti perkembangan suaminya, Mohd Sani Harul, yang dilaporkan tidak diketahui keberadaan bersama pasukannya di Nepal sejak lima hari lalu.Menerusi hantaran di Threads, Aziela memanjatkan doa agar suaminya sentiasa berada dalam lindungan ALLAH SWT selain memohon supaya segala usaha mencari dan menyelamat dipermudahkan."Ya ALLAH, hanya Engkau yang Maha Mengetahui

Aziela Shaharuddin memohon doa agar suaminya, Muhammad Sani Harul, ditemukan selamat selepas lima hari masih belum dapat dihubungi susulan banjir kilat di Nepal.

The number of people missing soared to nearly 5,000.

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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) is still awaiting feedback fr...