Another issue underscored by the recent flash flood is the shifting rainfall patterns attributed to climate change, particularly evident in the Himalayan region.
As the Thame flood has shown, the effects of climate change are not decades away, as is commonly perceived. Climate change is here. And it is affecting lives right now.
Despite the annual reoccurrence of the disasters, there is an absence of comprehensive data concerning Nepal’s historical floods and landslides, land surface attributes, vulnerability risks, and rainfall patterns. Nepal’s Disaster Risk Reduction Portal has data only from 2011 of which a lot of information is missing.