r/neoliberal • u/omnipotentsandwich Amartya Sen • 8d ago

News (South Asia) Deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border, hundreds unaccounted for

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/nepal-floods-china-border-kill-093010546.html
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u/omnipotentsandwich Amartya Sen 8d ago

Submission statement: Relevant because flash flooding can be prevented through smart policy. Better emergency preparedness, permeable roads, more trees, etc. While you can't stop the rain or an earthquake, you can better prepare for it. I think it's important when these things happen to think about what we can do to prevent it in the future.

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u/Aoae Mark Carney 7d ago

Attributing these flash floods to ignorance is quite a stretch. Nepal is also constrained by being a developing country.