"There is still time." Researchers raise alarm about looming 'catastrophe' that could impact 2 billion people: 'We need ...

High in the Himalayas, glacial lakes and bodies of water are growing, and the landscape is responding in dangerous ways. As meltwater carves new lakes into the mountains, scientists are concerned ...

The Continental Collision That Started It All The collision between India and Eurasia began roughly 50 to 55 million years ...

It has stopped snowing in the Himalayas. As a result, the water supply two billion people is under threat. The mountain range reaches 2500km from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. Its ...

"I was so lucky to get out," a hiker tells the BBC after being caught in two days of unusually heavy snow in the Himalayas.

High in the Himalayas, such extreme weather means blizzards and snowstorms, which is a huge risk for trekking, mountaineering ...

LUCKNOW, India — Rescuers were scouring a devastated Himalayan village in northern India to find dozens of missing people, a day after flash floods killed at least four people and left many others ...

About 350 hikers caught in the storm have been guided to safety by rescuers, Reuters reported. They were taken to the small ...

The study, titled “Enhancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Resilient Settlement in the Himalayan Region,” calls for an ...

SAMJUNG, Nepal (AP) — The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) above sea level, the ...

LADAKH, India (AP) — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s remote Ladakh ...

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet, in an ...