In the 1970s, Nepal’s government faced major challenges conserving the fertile flood plains of the country’s south. The ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

There will be mostly sunny skies. The high will be 20°. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29.9212 inHg ...

Powerful tremors were also felt in northern India’s Bihar state and Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, some 400km (248 miles) away, where residents reportedly ran from their houses as buildings shook.

Lobuche is situated in Nepal, to the east of Kathmandu, near the Khumbu Glacier. It is about 150 kilometers from the capital and 8.5 kilometers southwest of Everest Base Camp. Emergency response ...

Observed at 19:45, Saturday 1 February BBC Weather in association with MeteoGroup, external All times are Nepal Time (Asia/Kathmandu, GMT+5:45) unless otherwise stated.

The morning quake woke up residents in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu — about 230 kilometers (140 miles) from the epicenter — and sent them running out of their homes into the streets.

It was felt in neighboring Nepal. By David Pierson Berry Wang and Bhadra Sharma David Pierson and Berry Wang reported from Hong Kong, and Bhadra Sharma from Kathmandu, Nepal. Using their hands and ...