Nepal's foreign ministry has estimated that approximately $4.78 billion is needed to rebuild communities and infrastructure destroyed by deadly floods last month. The disaster, triggered by a glacial mountain collapse on August 26 near the China-Nepal border, caused a tsunami-like surge of water and debris that killed more than 1,400 people, with thousands still missing. Prime Minister Balendra Shah is expected to use his first overseas trip in office to seek international support for recovery efforts and to highlight the growing impact of climate change on the Himalayan nation. Shah is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly later this month, where Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said the prime minister would draw global attention to the repeated loss of lives and property caused by climate-related disasters.
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