Torrential rain in India and Nepal: at least 70 dead in floods and landslides

Australia

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Vigils for missing nationals · 2 of 7 countries

Canberra is primarily concerned with the fate of its 34 nationals still missing in Nepal, a month after the floods of August 26, as new torrential rains hit India and Nepal.

France

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Reading of indirect repercussions · 3 of 7 countries

Paris is deciphering the meteorological mechanism behind these rains, which are nine times higher than normal, by mobilizing the expertise of a CNRS researcher to explain the meeting of two disturbances between the Bay of Bengal and the westerly flow.

India

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Sombre official tolls · 2 of 7 countries

New Delhi is assessing a situation that is worsening in Uttar Pradesh while keeping a close eye on its neighboring Nepal, which is still recovering from the August floods.

Malaysia

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Vigils for missing nationals · 2 of 7 countries

Kuala Lumpur is assessing this new toll in light of an unresolved drama: 55 Malaysians remain missing since the Nepalese floods of August 26, a month later.

Nepal

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Reading of indirect repercussions · 3 of 7 countries

Kathmandu is first tallying the economic toll of the relentless rains: over 1,000 megawatts of power cut, telecommunications at a standstill, and vegetable prices soaring in the valley, as relief efforts count their dead district by district.

Pakistan

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Sombre official tolls · 2 of 7 countries

Islamabad is first considering the human toll of the floods in India and Nepal, a count of the dead and missing that reminds Pakistanis of their own trauma from the 2022 monsoon.

Qatar

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Reading of indirect repercussions · 3 of 7 countries

Doha is first calculating the economic cost of these new floods for Nepal, where tourism, a pillar supporting more than 1 million jobs, is experiencing a new wave of cancellations a month after the August flooding.