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A teacher in Nepal harnesses a flood prediction tool to warn neighbors of impending disaster

USAID helps communities around the world better prepare for weather-related disasters by strengthening early warning systems. In Nepal, SERVIR – a joint initiative of USAID and NASA – is training high school teachers on disaster preparedness in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya. Watch the story of Keshav Prasad Kadel, a teacher and vice principal in Nepal’s Bagmati Province, who can now predict a flood roughly two days before it happens by using SERVIR’s flood prediction tool. “Sometimes, my neighbor calls me the weatherman,” Keshav says.

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