3740 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://globalvoices.org/2024/08/27/lives-on-the-line-in-the-himalayan-mountains/This story by Sonia Awale was first published on the Nepali Times . An edited and shortened version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices. At exactly 9 am on August 16th, a 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit Xizang on the Tibetan Plateau.2024-08-27T07:57+0200globalvoicesonline-63fa06664459514221a88e906ec6065820240827075700https://www.nepalnews.com/s/nation/doramba-landslide-six-killed-four-go-missingSix persons died and four others went missing when landslide buried three houses at Shailung rural municipality-3 in Doramba on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Chandika Shrestha, 30, her 18-month-old son Ayush, Urmila Pahari, 57, Sandeep Pahari, 30, Santosh Pahari, 11 and Bigyan....2024-08-25T10:20+0200nepalnews-a49e19dd5f27095c76c26405af0547ef20240825102000https://www.nepalnews.com/s/nation/flood-sweeps-away-jeep-different-structures-damagedTorrential rain occurred on Saturday night has affected Beni bazaar and its surroundings. Various structures including school building, kitchen of senior citizen home and roads were damaged. According to the District Police Office, flood in streamlet at Beni municipaliy-1 along Baglung-Beni road....2024-08-25T08:20+0200nepalnews-3df10582abb07cdd377ffbf3e631dc9020240825082000https://www.nepalnews.com/s/issues/pilgrims-heading-towards-kailash-manasarovar-strandedPilgrims heading towards Kailash Manasarovar have been stranded after rainfall damaged road towards China side. Chief District Officer of Rasuwa, Bed Nidhi Khanal, said the flood in Kerung rivulet, five kilometer towards north China from Miteri bridge of Rasuwagadhi, encroached highway, resulting the vehicular movement disruption.2024-08-25T04:19+0200nepalnews-bfaae430299c3414780e4fc9770652e220240825041900