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Nepal launched its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in September 2015. The two main objectives of the NAP are (i) to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts by improving resilience and adaptive capacity, and (ii) to integrate climate change adaptation into new and current policies, programs, activities, and development strategies ...
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
Between 2000 and 2005, Nepal lost about 2,640 km 2 (1,019 sq mi) of forest. Nepal's 2000–2005 total deforestation rate was about 1.4% per year meaning it lost an average of 530 km 2 (205 sq mi) of forest annually. Nepal's total deforestation rate from 1990 to 2000 was 920 km 2 (355 sq mi) or 2.1% per year.
Government of Nepal started hydro meteorological activities since 1962 AD. The activities were initiated as a section under the Department of Electricity which was later transferred to the Department of Irrigation. It was then upgraded to Department of Hydrology and Meteorology in 1988. [3]
Today, it is the seat of government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, established in 2008, and is part of Bagmati Province. Kathmandu is and has been for many years the centre of Nepal's history, art, culture, and economy. It has a multi-ethnic population within a Hindu majority. [8]
In 2019, the government built a Doppler weather radar in Surkhet and had plans for two more. [9] Usage of weather balloons was also being tested. Hirohiko Ishikawa, a meteorologist at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University stated there is a possibility of unrecorded tornadoes in the plains of southeastern of Nepal. [2]
Pages in category "Weather events in Nepal" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Flooding in Nepal coincided with 2024 floods in neighbouring and nearby states of India, such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Nepalese weather official Binu Maharjan stated that a low-pressure system lingering over nearby regions of India and over the Bay of Bengal was the primary cause of the increased and prolonged flooding in 2024.