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She said fossil fuel companies need to help mitigate the disasters and pay for the harm to communities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

But its spokesman Rajan Dhakal acknowledges that with climate-related disasters becoming more frequent, "the time has come for a rethink of our hydropower policy".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

"We have seen cascading disasters, like what we saw August 26, where one event triggers multiple events," he said.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

While there have been instances of helpful warnings coming from China, formal processes for sharing risk information and managing cross-border Himalayan disasters still don’t exist.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

NOTE: Although standing waves are harder to get in water, the phenomenon does apparently happen very rarely in lakes, resulting in freak disasters.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones



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