The ‘Miracle House’ That Survived Nepal’s Floods

Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.

The catastrophe that began high in the mighty Himalayas on the Tibet-Nepal border is a warning from the world’s youngest, tallest and most volatile mountain range about the dangerous illusion that humans can engineer nature into submission.

The disaster comes as a warning as climate change raises shared Himalayan risks.

Jaw-dropping footage has emerged from the horror Nepal floods of what has been dubbed a “miracle house” surviving the devastation. The little house with green paint has become an unlikely symbol of survival in Nepal, as it remained standing strong after raging floodwaters demolished everything…