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Nepal: After Nepal quakes, monsoon poses risk of more landslides, floods

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Source: Reuters - AlertNet
Country: Nepal

  • Six "critical" landslides have blocked rivers - report

  • Tremor on Tuesday sets off more landslides

  • Government evaluating whether to move people at risk

  • Melting glaciers, more intense monsoon rains pose flood risks

  • Glacial debris "highly unstable" - expert

By Krista Mahr and Gopal Sharma

JURE, Nepal, May 13 (Reuters) - Areas of Nepal remain perilously unstable following last month's devastating earthquake, and, as Tuesday's tremor showed, landslides pose an ongoing menace that will only increase when seasonal monsoon rains begin to fall in the coming weeks.

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