On 26 August, the Bhotekoshi did something few of us had imagined it could do. A climate-induced ice-and-rock avalanche high in the mountains turned into a wall of debris and water that roared down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli corridor. Those who watched the footage said it looked less like a river in flood and more like an animated video, houses, bridges and powerhouses vanishing frame by frame. But it was not a film. Some 15,000 households across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading were affected, dozens of bridges were swept away, and 13 hydropower projects were damaged. The government’s Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment puts the cost of recovery and reconstruction at NPR 723 billion, roughly USD 4.7 billion. The flood was beyond our imagination. Our response cannot be.
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