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Nepal Puts Cost of Disaster at $5 Billion, Blaming Climate Change

The country is seeking urgent help from a special U.N. climate fund, but the program lacks money because the United States and others have been reluctant to contribute.

Β© Atul Loke for The New York Times

Mud and debris from the catastrophic floods that struck Nepal last week.
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For Nepal’s Young Leader, Flood Recovery Will Be a Herculean Task

Prime Minister Balendra Shah, 36, rose to power this year on the back of youth anger with graft and mismanagement. His fledgling government now faces a huge test.

Β© Atul Loke for The New York Times

A swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday after floods caused by a glacier breaking in the Himalayas.
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Nepal Turns to Mass Burials as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods

Only a fraction of the over 4,200 missing in Nepal are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.

Officers at a mass burial of unidentified victims in Bharatpur, Nepal, on Sunday.
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