17-23 October 2014 #728

After the storm

KUNDA DIXIT
PRAYERS: A rainbow at Dobato on the Annapurna trail on Friday.

This week’s blizzard in the central Himalaya was an urgent call to install effective early weather warning systems to make Nepal’s trekking industry safer. Disaster planning with preparation and proactive dissemination of weather alerts are a must. Information needs to be communicated promptly where it is needed most: to remote mountain passes.