Multisectoral multiscale disasters

Investment in science is crucial for improving the prediction of cascading hazards and risks.

Losses and damages from natural hazards are escalating. Over 70 people died in the 2012 Seti flash flood , 150 in the 2014 Jure landslide , and 20 in the 2021 Melamchi flood . Tens of thousands of people are displaced. Weather-related losses in Nepal are among the highest in the world. The impacts are multisectoral, threatening human settlement, critical infrastructures, economy and ecosystem.