Why Nepal floods should worry India
- Image source, AFP via Getty ImageImage caption, The death toll in Nepal from devastating floods on the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000ByIndia correspondentNepal's devastating floods have exposed a risk that does not stop at its borders.
- India and Nepal share the rivers that rise in the Himalayas, but the relationship between a flood in Nepal and a disaster in India is more complicated than a simple story of water flowing downstream, say experts.
- Some floods can race out of the mountains carrying enormous quantities of mud, rock and debris.
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- Image source, AFP via Getty ImageImage caption, The death toll in Nepal from devastating floods on the border with Tibet has crossed 1,000ByIndia correspondentNepal's devastating floods have exposed a risk that does not stop at its borders.
- India and Nepal share the rivers that rise in the Himalayas, but the relationship between a flood in Nepal and a disaster in India is more complicated than a simple story of water flowing downstream, say experts.
- Some floods can race out of the mountains carrying enormous quantities of mud, rock and debris.
Sources: BBC News