Nepal is seeking more frequent glacier and river data from China after a Himalayan disaster killed hundreds, highlighting gaps in cross-border warning systems for floods and landslides. Three months before hundreds were killed in the flood, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Nepal is seeking more frequent glacier and river data from China after a Himalayan disaster killed hundreds, highlighting gaps in cross-border warning systems for floods and landslides.S1

• Three months before hundreds were killed in the flood, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.S2