Prakash Dahal

Bhote Koshi Flood Was a Warning. The Worst Is Yet to Come. Glaciers along the Nepal–Tibet border are melting. This is no longer a scary tale. It is a grim reality for everyone living downstream. And yet it makes little noise in a world with too many ears, but too little time to listen. Ice does not scream loud enough to rupture our eardrums when it disappears. Mountains do not summon press conferences in glitzy rooms, surrounded by a forest…

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  Born in the frozen heights of Tibet, the Bhotekoshi came roaring down through the Himalayas on August 26, its fury unleashing death and destruction on a scale Nepal had seldom, if ever, witnessed. The river did not merely flood. It came down like a wall. Water, ice, rock, mud and debris tore through the valley on August 26, sweeping away bridges, roads, buildings, vehicles and livelihoods. Buses and jeeps that normally carry people through this Himalayan corridor were tossed…

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