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(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.whio.com/news/world/nepal-floods-expose/O7RAUZUMCE7Q5KMZEKENF66DNM/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-03T15:42:14.713Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>whio.com</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-03T15:42:14.713Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Himalayas]]></news:title><news:keywords><![CDATA[nepal floods hydro dams climate change,Natural disasters,Energy industry,General news,Nepal-Tibet floods,Renewable energy,Climate and environment,Climate change,Business,World news]]></news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.whio.com/resizer/v2/GSVLKYSW6I2LBBDEOWDDN57K2A.jpg?auth=4ab861e5d470880fdf096de43d231befd121e78d94d89865e4488162d6a52afe&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1600&amp;height=1066</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[This photo provided by the Nepal Army, shows Nepal army soldiers using a drilling machine during a rescue operation at the site of a hydropower project in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. 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