Nepal’s mountainous terrain is vulnerable to flash floods. Disasters have gotten deadlier in recent years in part because of changing climate patterns. Erratic rainfall, floods, landslides, avalanches and glacial lake outbursts are becoming more serious.

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN), the umbrella organization of mountain tourism operators, has said that pilgrims heading to Kailash Mansarovar are facing severe difficulties after the Nepal–China Friendship Bridge was washed away.

A recent flash flood along the Nepal-China border has caused widespread devastation, disrupting lives and leaving behind a trail of destruction two days after the disaster struck. Originating from Tibet's Lhende River,