Nepal’s leader labels devastating flood a ‘warning to the world’

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for action against climate change, describing the devastating flood in August as a 'warning to the world'. During his speech at the UN General Assembly, he emphasized that the disaster was not just a local tragedy and criticized political leaders for their negligence in responding to such warnings. The flood resulted in at least 1,453 deaths, with 5,500 still missing, triggered by a glacial collapse. Researchers stated that the disaster was part of a 'compound crisis' driven by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw, and geological instability.