Kathmandu Living Labs' earthquake site collects data about conditions and needs. Each blue dot represents the number of reports of help wanted — medical, food, water or shelter — near Kathmandu. The ...

Nama Raj Budhathoki was doing his PhD in the US when he came back to Nepal in 2009 and made plans to have dinner with a friend. He received a long, complicated email from his friend with directions to ...

Nepal’s magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake caused significant damage and loss of life in 2015. In natural disasters like this, it is critical to locate areas that are in the most need of assistance as ...

The night after the earthquake hit Nepal, people feared to sleep in their homes, worrying about powerful aftershocks toppling the few buildings left standing. They slept instead in tents, in the ...

Nepal has issued a new national map incorporating areas also claimed by neighboring India, prompting fierce criticism from New Delhi. At issue is about 300 square kilometers (115 square miles) of ...

After the earthquake struck, they began using social media to find out the extent of the damage, who needs help — even where aid groups are... The village of Melamchighyang needs 100 blankets. The ...

The village of Melamchighyang needs 100 blankets. The remote area of Hyolmo has many injuries, and only two nonprofit groups are providing "limited aid." Two girls from Germany are missing in Langlang ...