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🇳🇵 A rhino in Nepal walked out of an ATM lounge like it had finished its transaction, while another one handled its business right outside. Casual banking, rhino edition. 🦏 Writer: Daniyal
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NEPAL — After the Mahapralaya you may have seen my name - I was never working alone. Behind the search for missing hydropower workers at power stations including Trishuli 3A and Chilime was a much larger team: in the tunnels, at the sites, and at desks far from Nepal.  To BGC Engineering Inc. for reaching out to me immediately to assist NEA — Keshab Sharma, PhD, PEng, Emily Mark, Alex Strouth Alex Baumgard Scott Anderson Blanca Marin-Esteve, Ph.D, P.Eng and Lauren Hutchinson — thank you. You helped turn an urgent request into practical support, from drawings and technical discussions to getting me to Nepal.  BGC Engineering Inc. and the Nepal Geotechnical Society a huge thank you for supporting my travel expenses. Mandip Subedi, PhD and Kalpana Adhikari: thank you for helping make this possible. Francesc Mirada of Arup and Michael Cullen of Michael Cullen Geotechnical Engineering: thank you for lending your expertise to the rescue. To Baburaja Maharjan and the Chilime team; Colonel Parikshit Mehra the Indian Army and NDRF; Ujjwal Bikram Rana and the Nepal Army and Nepal Search and Rescue: MP Sagar Dhakal it was an honour to work alongside you. To Chhatra Basnet, Dr.Hari Ram Sharma and Gyanendra Lal Shrestha of the Nepal Tunnelling Association, and Prakash and the Society of Nepali Engineers in Victoria: thank you for your support and for helping carry the learning forward.    To Asha Khanal - NEA's secret powerhouse - a person whom never slept and somehow kept all of us co-ordinated and alive - a huge thank you. To so many people giving their knowledge, time, money and courage because other people needed help.   To Nepal Electricity Authority and Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha: thank you for your trust, and for inviting me to stand beside your teams.    To every engineer, pilot, machine operator, rescuer and person supporting them — including those whose names are not here — my deepest thanks.  To the Yack and Yetti Hotel - I love you.  To so many you did not need to be in a photograph to be part of this team.   To my wife Divina - for patiently waiting for my safe return each day in Katmandu. To the families and communities living with this tragedy: you remain at the heart of this work. I came to Nepal to help. I carry home a profound respect for the courage, dignity and humanity of Nepals people.   We refused to give up on voices we could not hear. Living Dharma. Many Peoples. One World. In solidarity, together. #Nepal #Humanity #Solidarity
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#WATCH | New York | At the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah says, "...We propose that we establish a Himalayan climate resilience mechanism led by Nepal, India and China. Through this mechanism, let us share satellite data and expertise. Let us monitor dangerous glacial lakes. Let us strengthen joint early warning systems. When disaster strikes, let us coordinate assistance across borders. Let the Himalayas become a laboratory of international cooperation rather than a frontier of fragmented information..." (Video Source: United Nations)
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One of the biggest challenges for rescue teams in Nepal has been navigating the hidden architecture beneath the hydropower stations: a network of tunnels deep in the Himalayas that authorities believe trapped workers inside them after the glacier collapse reut.rs/3VpxyNj
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Come to Nepal and support this beautiful country at a difficult time - snapshots from my second weekend in one of the most stunning capitals in the world
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🟨 AS Roma e World Food Programme insieme per il Nepal 🟥 📄 👉 asroma.com/it/notizie/75907/… #ASRoma
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KHAPTAD BABA retweeted
When part of Nepal’s Langtang Lirung glacier collapsed, millions of cubic metres of rock and ice plunged over a kilometre, triggering an earthquake and a debris flow that destroyed the China–Nepal border crossing and nearby villages. Al Jazeera’s Daniel McKerrell explains.
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🚨🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: There will be a mandatory moment of silence held before every UEFA Champions League match this season in support of Nepal's flood victims. 🙏🏽🇳🇵 A banner saying “You Are Not Alone Nepal.” will also be unfurled. ❤️
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Such a brave Nepalese helicopter pilot! 🇳🇵🚁
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Nepal has asked for climate compensation after devastating floods. That will test a new system to help poor countries deal with global warming's toll bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Rescuers in Nepal pull Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after floods caused devastation on the border. Follow live updates: cnn.it/4qVlOxP
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Today marks the eighth day since the devastating floods hit Rasuwa, Nepal. 🙏 A person trapped inside the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project has been rescued alive, while efforts to rescue the others are still ongoing. Hats off to the rescuers. 🙏
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The Nepal disaster is the latest example of how climate change is raising the risk of relying on water for electricity in the Himalayas. A changing climate is bringing with it unstable glaciers and unpredictable rain, creating new risks for existing projects and raising the potential cost of those that are still on the drawing board. bloom.bg/4ydhpJ5 📷️: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
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