The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier arrives in eastern Thailand following its Middle East deployment

By The Associated Press
September 1, 2026 | 9:02 PM

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier arrives in eastern Thailand following its Middle East deployment.

As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent

By The Associated Press
September 3, 2026 | 6:03 PM

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbors fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been rebuilt the previous year after a 2015 earthquake. The steep mountain folds of the Himalayas, already prone to earthquakes, have seen more frequent flash floods as high mountain glaciers melt, redrawing rivers at sometimes terrifying speed. Residents have had little time to rebuild from one disaster to the next, raising concerns over whether their communities can endure as climate change accelerates. “We were able to rebuild the stupa only last year after it was destroyed during the earthquake,” Tamang told The Associated Press, referring to the shrine. “Sheltering in it was how we saved our lives from the floods,” she said in a makeshift shelter at a monastery in Kathmandu. The Aug. 26 floods in Nepal and neighboring China have killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands missing, including hundreds feared trapped in tunnels at hydropower projects. The floods were triggered after a collapse of bedrock and glacier ice sent debris and water surging through multiple Himalayan rivers.

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