There is a high risk of flash floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region this monsoon season due to forecasts of above-average rainfall, experts ...

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

The entire Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, which includes India, Nepal and Pakistan, is expected to see temperatures 2°C above normal and and an above-average monsoon.

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

The entire Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which includes parts of India, faces temperatures up to 2°C hotter than average this monsoon season, with severe heat wave conditions already gripping the ...

Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report. The Hindu ...

The Hindu kush Himalayan (HKH) region, which includes India, Nepal, Pakistan, and parts of China, may see temperatures climb up to 2ºC above normal along with widespread above-average rainfall.

The Hindu Kush-Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau — often called the Third Pole — hosts over 54,000 glaciers, holding around 10 trillion tons of water.

Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to lose ice at a rate higher than the average rate over past centuries.

Mass loss for most glaciers in the region is quite worrying as 10 of Asia’s largest rivers - including the Indus, Brahmaputra, and Ganges - originate in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.

Experts warn of heightened risks of flash floods, landslides, and glacial lake outbursts in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region this monsoon season. ICIMOD forecasts above-average rainfall and temperatures ...