Working-class riverside communities bear the brunt of Kathmandu’s floods, worsened by climate change and poor urban planning.
Nepalese capital Kathmandu was inundated by floodwaters last week after record-breaking rains caused the Bagmati river to breach its banks.
More than 200 people have been killed and thousands of houses damaged in the worst flooding and landslides in the Kathmandu valley in years.
So what caused the flooding and landslides? Was it climate change or unchecked urban encroachment of the river that passes through Kathmandu valley? We speak to experts to understand the deadly flooding in the Himalayan region.
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