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Anderson Cooper Premieres Sept. 7 Nepal Floods Special on CNN
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Updated · CNN Press Room · Sep 4

Anderson Cooper Premieres Sept. 7 Nepal Floods Special on CNN

2 articles · Updated · CNN Press Room · Sep 4

Summary

  • CNN will air “Nepal’s Deadly Floods” on Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with Anderson Cooper reporting from Nepal’s flood-ravaged river valleys for a new episode of “The Whole Story.”
  • The hour tracks rescue crews searching for hundreds of workers believed trapped at hydropower projects along the Trishuli River, where collapsed roads, bridges, and mud-filled tunnels have slowed access.
  • Cooper’s report examines why the flooding was so destructive, focusing on vulnerable settlement and infrastructure growth in mountain valleys, Nepal’s hydropower expansion, and increasingly unstable glaciers and high-altitude terrain.
  • The episode will stream live for pay TV subscribers on Sept. 7 and be available the next day on CNN.com/watch and the CNN app, extending CNN’s Emmy-winning longform series into a broader climate-risk story across the Himalayas.

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