Scott Rosefield

The death toll after three days of heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides and flash floods rose to 88 on Wednesday after rescuers recovered 34 more bodies, authorities said.

Compound environmental shocks and their impact on food insecurity in Nepal, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, was the focus of research conducted by faculty in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

Around 700 flood-displaced families of Helambu and Melamchi have moved to other cities since the disaster.

Nepal’s disaster management models should be proactive, but it is still reactive.