Disaster warning systems race to keep pace with galloping climate risks

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Disaster-warning systems are struggling to keep pace with escalating climate risks. A deadly rock-and-ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August, which left thousands dead, injured, or missing, illustrates the limits of existing preparedness and warning systems.

A rock and ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August that left thousands of people dead, injured or missing showed that all systems have limits.

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