Need To Ensure Disaster Resilience

The monsoon season has arrived in Nepal. As soon as it arrived in eastern Nepal in the second week of June, it started playing havoc, damaging houses, farmlands and bridges in Sankhuwasabha by inducing rain, floods and landslides. Since then, other districts have also been in the grip of the monsoons. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DoHM) has forecast above-normal rain and above-average maximum and minimum temperatures this monsoon season. This could lead to extreme weather patterns. Evidence shows that maximum temperatures in Nepal are rising fast with an annual increment of 0.056 Degrees Celsius as against the global average increase of 0.03 degrees Celsius. According to experts, extreme weather is frequent.