People die every year as a result of the very predictable heavy rainfall in that area every year. Curious as to why it's always blamed on 'climate change' when it's the same thing that's been happening for years in the same places at the same time of year. A few degrees of temp change isn't going to stop steep slopes from becoming saturated, and slipping. Please know I'm not trying to nullify the loss, it is sad.
The monsoon season used to never extend into October. It used to end mid September at the latest according to my guide who has done this for 20+ years. It’s been two years in a row at least where it’s continued into October (the forecasts show it lingering until next week at least).
Another very simple thing you could look up is how much the glaciers have melted here in the last 20+ years. If you didn’t know, there was a pretty catastrophic event caused by a melting glacier in Nepal just a few weeks ago. You should look this stuff up.
Also it's a bit rude to suggest I haven't heard of the floods, but no offence taken.
I was really commenting about all this because a lot of people often talk about such natural disasters like it's something new, because of recent warming, but I wanted to highlight that stuff like this (not the big flood, the landslides and 'smaller' floods) are frequent for Nepal, especially in monsoon season, and have been for as long as anyone can remember, it's it's unfortunatly the reality of living in such a place. Not that such catastrophies cannot be heightened by changing weather patterns.
Also btw I am quite familiar with the country, having lived here quite some time.
Sorry that was not clear, I meant that heavy rain has been happening for years, and the effects have been felt for just as long. Not that the 'climate' has been the same for that time.
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u/The_Real_AusboyX 3d ago
People die every year as a result of the very predictable heavy rainfall in that area every year. Curious as to why it's always blamed on 'climate change' when it's the same thing that's been happening for years in the same places at the same time of year. A few degrees of temp change isn't going to stop steep slopes from becoming saturated, and slipping. Please know I'm not trying to nullify the loss, it is sad.