New reports have recently emerged that, following the devastating tragedy in Nepal, which killed at least 1,400 people, a glacier burst in Bhutan has also caused significant damage to highways and roads.
For much of his childhood, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah remembers winter in Srinagar as a season defined by snow. Now 64, Shah grew up in Lal Chowk, in the heart of the city, at a time when heavy snowfall was routine.“We would wake up and find the courtyard covered with snow,” he recalls. “Before we could.
As the youngest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas are naturally prone to landslides. But climate change is accelerating the pace of destruction. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and cloudbursts have intensified floods and debris flows. Human activities, including unplanned construction, deforestation, and road widening, further destabilise the slopes. (c) The Himalayas are reaching a.
