Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted

China says it has shared information in a 'timely manner' 1 MIN(s) UPDATED 1 MIN(s) Reuters A drone view shows a man walking past damaged buildings and houses covered in mud next to the Likhu River yesterday following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal. Photo: Reuters Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.At the May 27 meeting in Nepal's capital, 10 officials from Nepal and about a dozen from China, including the Tibet region where the disaster struck, discussed strengthening cooperation to monitor and respond to floods, weather and glacier-related hazards, accordin