Nepal Earthquake

One year after the Nepal earthquake, clean water is still in short supply

Bindu Nagarkoti pulls a blanket over her 10-month-old baby and gets ready for an afternoon full of household chores and agricultural work. The 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake last year hit her village hard, destroying homes and drastically cutting access to...

Nepal Earthquake Facts and Figures

Sometimes numbers can tell a deeper story. Here are some key facts and figures from the Nepal Earthquakes. All the data comes from the UN Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and are accurate as of mid-May 2015. The...

Map of the Day: Another Massive Nepal Earthquake Strikes Where No Cars Go

A large earthquake and deadly earthquake rocked Nepal again today. The death toll, now at 37, has been climbing throughout the day. This time, the epicenter was about 50 miles east of Katmandu, not far from Mount Everest. From BBC:...

Why the Nepal Earthquake Struck at Exactly the Wrong Time

In 2013, I interviewed Jo Scheuer, a United Nations official advising countries on natural disaster risk reduction. He’d been all over the world, surveying places vulnerable to floods, earthquakes and droughts, and I asked him what natural disaster scenario he...

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