Himalayan building boom exposes 300,000 to landslide, flood risk

Unchecked construction of tourism and housing infrastructure in Nepal and India's Uttarakhand has placed roughly 300,000 people in zones vulnerable to Himalayan landslides and glacial lake outburst floods. The development outpaces hazard mapping and land-use regulation, raising the likelihood of mass-casualty events as climate change intensifies extreme weather. The report is based on satellite and field data, but the exact exposure figure is an estimate.

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