Supported by ECHO through its VI DIPECHO Action Plan for South Asia, Mercy Corps has been implementing CBDRR in Nepal, which includes community based early warning. This work is being implemented in Kanchanpur district in 2012. This is the first project of its kind to be implemented in Kanchanpur. As a result, there has been no recorded data on river and rainfall levels, making it difficult to ascertain threshold levels of water that would affect downstream communities. In the first year of this project, the focus has been on operational capacity and developing the knowledge needed for sustained EWS in the future.
On 18 and 19 September 2012, heavy rainfall was recorded across Far Western and Western Nepal. This downpour created significant flood risk and tested the operational capacity of EWS in Kanchanpur.
As a result of the established EWS in Kanchanpur, no casualties were reported and many families were able to evacuate their homes before the oncoming flood with their livestock and other valuables. In Tiliki, community members have stated that the early warning system provided enough time to store grain supplies on upper floors. While many homes were inundated due to floods, families were able to prepare and respond in a timely fashion because they were given enough time to act....
A landslide area in Nepal, near Annapurna, shot by Moralist, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
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