Radar images show Nepal’s swollen rivers days after flash flooding

By Barbara Metzler BBC Verify continues to monitor the aftermath of flash flooding that swept through from the Nepal-Tibet border on 26 August, killing more than 1,300 people. Heavy cloud and monsoon weather make it difficult to assess the extent of the flooding using regular satellite images. But radar satellites can see through cloud, allowing us to compare the landscape before and after the flooding. Smooth water surfaces tend to reflect the radar signal away from the satellite, meaning river