Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening two billion people

The Himalaya range Ama Dablam mountain (L), which peaks at 6,812 metres, is pictured from Khumjung village in the Everest region, some 140 km northeast of Kathmandu, on April 16, 2018. The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, is a vital source of fresh water for about two billion people. - AFP

ISLAMABAD: Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday (April 21).

The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest reserves of ice and snow outside the Arctic and Antarctica and is a vital source of fresh water for about two billion people.