Nepal Faces Massive Casualties in Flood and Landslide Disaster

Analysis of the rising number of deaths and missing persons, highlighting the severity of the disaster.

Discovery of bodies in Uttar Pradesh, India, washed down from the disaster zones in Nepal and Tibet.

Nepal's decision to conduct mass burials for unidentified bodies to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.

Estimation of damages at 5 billion USD and the long-term recovery timeline of 7-8 years.

Questions regarding China's low official death toll and potential censorship of event footage.

President Xi Jinping's orders to deploy satellites and automatic weather stations for future prevention.

New warnings about rainfall increasing the risk of newly formed glacial lakes bursting.

Reports that China ignored Nepal's requests for risk data three months before the disaster.

The need for better transnational data sharing to reduce future losses.