One month after the debris flow disaster on the Nepal-China border, 1,496 people died and more than 6,000 people are missing.

[New Delhi Current Affairs] The 26th marks one month since the debris flow disaster that occurred in the border area between Nepal and China. A total of 1,496 people were killed in both countries, and the whereabouts of more than 6,000 people, including five Japanese families who visited Nepal, remain unaccounted for. Many of the bodies are damaged and identification is slow, and there is still a long way to go for recovery and reconstruction.

Nepali authorities believe it is hopeless to find any survivors and are considering ending search efforts soon. The government is also planning to relocate residents along the river, which suffered severe damage, to higher ground.

"It's not a normal flood, it's a Himalayan tsunami." Nepal's Foreign Minister Khanal described the unprecedented disaster that has struck his home country. According to the research group World Weather Attribution (WWA), on August 26, a large amount of rock and glaciers collapsed from the slopes of Nepal's high mountain Langtang Lirung, at an altitude of 5,150 meters, to a depth of about 1,400 meters. The area of ​​the collapse was approximately 2 square kilometers.

The friction caused by the rapid descent of the slope causes the glacier to melt, producing a huge amount of meltwater. Floodwaters reached some 200 kilometers downstream, and bodies of victims were also found across the border in India.

WWA cited the effects of the 2015 earthquake, global warming, thawing of permafrost, and increased rainfall in highlands as contributing factors to the disaster, and concluded that climate change was likely to have destabilized the geology at the site of the collapse.

The government of Nepal estimates that the total damage was approximately 2.695 billion dollars (426 billion yen), and the total amount required for recovery and reconstruction was approximately 4.775 billion dollars (755 billion yen). The tourism industry, which is a key industry, has also been affected by a series of accommodation cancellations.