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Nepal needs to urgently assess\u00a0the risks from existing and potential landslides in earthquake affected areas before the monsoon rains come, say scientists who have produced a detailed map of landslide risks using satellite data.<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> released by scientists at the British Geological Survey, Durham University and University of East Anglia this week says: \u201cThe need to plan measures to mitigate landslide deaths and disruption in the forthcoming monsoon season must remain a priority. Many more damaging landslides may occur in the 2015 monsoon, likely to start in late June, than would be expected if a major earthquake had not occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scientists identified<\/a> at least six major landslides blocking valleys in areas hit by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25\u00a0April. But the team says more major landslides may be found as more satellite imagery becomes available (large areas of the region\u00a0are still obscured by cloud and dust).<\/p>\n

The risks of landslides will \u201cescalate significantly\u201d as the monsoon rains begin, the report added.\u00a0The monsoon that reaches Nepal in second week of June and withdraws in September brings almost 80% of the country\u2019s total annual rainfall.<\/p>\n

Fresh landslides will threaten already-affected areas and wash sediment downstream onto valley floors and floodplains.<\/p>\n

Major landslides are limited to a zone that runs east-west almost parallel to the transition between the lesser and High Himalaya near the China-Nepal border. This zone includes parts of the most affected districts \u2013Gorkha, Dhading, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchwok, Dolakha, Ramechhap and Kavre, where most of the fatalities due to the earthquake occurred.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Major roads to Tibet in the north and India in the south have also been blocked.<\/p>\n

A team led by the University of Michigan geomorphologist Marin Clark has also identified tens of thousands of locations at risk of mudslides and landslides in the mountainous area along the Nepal-Tibet border, north of Kathmandu and west of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n

\"Dam<\/a>
Image credit: Dam Hazard ~ University of Michigan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to satellite images, avalanches and landslides have blocked the upper reaches of Buri Gandhaki river in Gorkha district, the\u00a0Trishuli river near Thansing\u00a0and the\u00a0Sunkoshi river near \u00a0Sarsunkharka.<\/p>\n

No local warning systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

Satellite images provided by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)<\/a>\u00a0on their website are consistent with Clark\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n

But this information is not reaching local people.\u00a0\u201cThe district administration has not informed us about the river blockages. People are more concerned about procuring plastic sheets right now,\u201d Kapil Koirala, a resident of Dhulikhel, which lies on the Arniko highway to Tibet, told thethirdpole.net<\/a>. People are scared about the floods and want to\u00a0move to safer districts but they don\u2019t know which places\u00a0are safer, he said.<\/p>\n

“The cloud cover has made it difficult for us to get accurate satellite pictures and travelling to the areas where landslides have occurred is not possible right now,” said\u00a0Narendra Raj Khanal of ICIMOD. \u201cI have asked for water discharge data and once I have this\u00a0I will be in a better position to say how serious the river blockages could be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In 2014 flash floods\u00a0in Sindhupalchowk district on the Nepal-China border killed 156 people, after a massive landslide blocked <\/a>the Sunkoshi River.<\/p>\n

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