Srinagar, Oct. 1 -- By Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E

The water that killed people in Nepal this season gathered in the mountains and followed the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli systems down into the weaknesses of the valleys below.

Roads, bridges, hydropower facilities and homes went under.

By September 19, the disaster authority had counted 1,357 dead and 5,326 missing, figures that will change as rescuers reach isolated valleys and search hydropower tunnels.

Scientists link the flood to extreme rainfall, glacier instability, thawing ground and a warmer Himalaya, and a later study named climate change a likely factor.

That finding retires the old distinction between natural and climate disasters, which never helped anyone living beneath an un...