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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Nepal may need up to $5bn to rebuild after flood disaster as PM demands global climate action

Prime minister Balendra Shah said the catastrophic floods that tore through northern Nepal along the Tibet border were driven by the climate crisis and demanded international action as the Himalayan country assessed damage.

“The flood in the Bhotekoshi river in Rasuwa was not an ordinary flood,” said Mr Shah in a late-night post on social media.

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