00:00Good evening and peace be upon you. Welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is the 2.31 and August 31-26, 20.26 and 18th of Rabbi Al-Awwal.
00:16Very important information about the floods in Nepal, about the flooding in Nepal.
00:22We need to understand what happened there and the reason behind the high number of casualties in
00:27Nepal as a result of the devastating floods or the destructive deluge. But let me start this
00:34episode with a breathtaking clip as well, which was recently leaked just a short while ago.
00:42A truly breathtaking clip. When the devastating floods reached the border between Nepal and
00:49China, they swept into this village. I'll start by showing you this clip now.
00:57In front of you on the screen. And look, glory be to God, how this old man holding his cane
01:06is trying to escape and run to save himself. Was this old man really saved before the floods
01:15reached him? Glory be to God. I told you before, if someone still has time left in this life,
01:21no hardship can kill him. No hardship can kill him, really. His son, this elderly man's son was on the
01:31motorcycle. His son managed to reach him at the last moment before the floods got to him. He got on
01:39the
01:39motorcycle with him and saved him at the last moment.
01:46Honestly, this is one of the videos that affected me the most. And it also went viral on social media.
01:54So, up until now, how many victims have there been in the devastating Nepal floods? What's the main
02:04figure? Now, everyone, the number has reached 1,000 victims, 1,000 people. They passed away
02:15or they were victims of this devastating flood or the destructive floods. And that's not all.
02:24Also, 4,000 are missing out to this moment.
02:30And remember, I told you from the beginning of this disaster, from the start of these devastating floods
02:37or the destructive flood, I told you that the number would reach 10,000 victims.
02:46With time, the rescue operations are still ongoing up to the moment of preparing this episode.
02:57Let me, for example, before I move on to other videos, let's look at the statistics so far.
03:04The new statistics say that there are still 1,000 workers missing out of the 4,000. They're saying
03:11that at least 1,000 workers are still missing.
03:17There are 11 hydroelectric projects inside the tunnels of these stations, which have been completely
03:24submerged, or a large part of them has been completely submerged in mud and debris. And as
03:30we said, the rescue operations are still ongoing up to this moment.
03:37Do you want me to answer you?
03:39Let's cut to a video of one of the tunnels of these hydroelectric stations and see what
03:45it's like. Some people are saying they were measuring the tunnels. The height of the mud
03:49and debris inside these tunnels reached one meter, sometimes one and a half meters. And
03:56in some tunnels, it reached two meters. And not only that, but that's what they're saying
04:01that until now, whether the mud has reached one meter or one and a half meters, or the flood
04:05or muddy water has reached one and a half meters, that's what they're saying. As for the 1,000
04:10missing workers, and I might have at least these. And there are people who know that they're
04:15still alive, but they couldn't reach them because the tunnels are completely submerged by floodwaters
04:20or muddy water. You might ask, and everyone has the right to ask, what does a hydroelectric station
04:29mean? And why do we keep hearing about so many hydroelectric stations in Nepal? To understand,
04:37you need to know Nepal's geography. First, Nepal has a large number of hydroelectric stations
04:47because it is actually located in the heart of the Himalaya mountain range. Nepal is located
04:55in the heart of the Himalaya mountain. And this country is fed or the country is supplied by hundreds
05:03of rivers descending from the highest peaks of the Himalaya mountain. There are hundreds of rivers that
05:12flow and pass through this country, which is Nepal. When there is heavy rainfall, well, these rivers are among
05:19the hundreds of rivers that exist in this country, where do these rivers get their water from? What's
05:25their source? The main source is the melting of glacial lakes at the top of the Himalaya mountain range.
05:34These lakes melt and their water comes from this melting.
05:42During the summer season, the rivers are fed in addition to the monsoon rains that also feed these rivers.
05:51What happened is that this time, these mountains or the glacial lakes at the top of the Himalaya mountain range
05:59didn't just melt on their own. But they were surprised by a very, very huge mass of ice breaking off,
06:09falling into one of the rivers, forming a lake behind it and blocking it.
06:15And then these massive chunks melt. This destructive flood happens. So what's the connection with the hydroelectric station?
06:23What about these stations in Nepal? They took advantage of this feature and built hydroelectric power stations using the water
06:32because they don't have big rivers.
06:34These rivers come down from the heights of the Himalayas and flow into the country. So they built stations.
06:41You know that electricity is generated from water. The water flows and operates hydro turbines, which generate hydroelectricity, similar to
06:51hydroelectric dams.
06:53The ship. That's why in Nepal, he has a large number of hydroelectric stations that take advantage of this blessing.
07:00He has many rivers and the continuous flow of these rivers is used to generate electricity. So it benefits electricity
07:07needs and also exports electricity to neighboring countries like India and Bangladesh.
07:13That's exactly right. These rivers, just as they are a blessing, could also be a curse because their main source
07:22is the Himalayas.
07:23And the Himalayas are a ticking time bomb. Maybe one day they will change the world. This is an indicator
07:32and a massive chunk of ice broke off.
07:36No one knows the reason, whether it's the rising temperatures or if it's a deliberate act from above that contributed
07:42to what's happening.
07:46And this huge chunk of ice breaking off. Anyway, let's go take a look together.
07:51This clip shows one of the Chinese workers surviving who was at the hydro power station on the border between
08:00Nepal and Tibet in China.
08:03He spent a day submerged in mud and floods and he was rescued. Look, he was completely submerged.
08:11He is a worker at one of the hydro power stations. And thankfully they were able to rescue him or
08:18reach him in time.
08:20That was everything. So I had to update you with the latest developments so we could understand some information.
08:26That's all. Okay. Take care. All the best.
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