The tourism- and aid-dependent Himalayan nation of Nepal, crisscrossed by snowfed rivers, has looked to hydropower as the answer to its energy needs and ... Show more
Nepal’s Big Bet on Hydropower Miscalculated One Thing—Monster Floods
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