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Exclusive-Nepal to rebuild early-warning system on China border after deadly flood, sources say

By Sarita Chaganti Singh

Sept 2 (Reuters) – Nepal plans to rebuild an early-warning system for landslides on part of its border with China,installing seismicsensors, cameras and a satellite link, two Nepali government sources told Reuters,a week after a glacial flood killed more than 1,000.

The equipment is being set up at Timure, a border settlement in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on the sameriver corridor along the border with China where a collapsing glacier sent a gigantic wall of mud, water and rock hurtling through mountain valleys.

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