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time to issue a warning\u2019: Experts on what caused Nepal flood and what\u2019s needed to improve preparedness<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/73\/28\/1536x864_cmsv2_0f68946e-1b6f-5735-805a-692783a832de-9897328.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A Nepalese army soldier looks at a two-month- old baby, after she and her mother were rescued from an area affected by flash flooding in Dhunche in Rasuwa District of Nepal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              A Nepalese army soldier looks at a two-month- old baby, after she and her mother were rescued from an area affected by flash flooding in Dhunche in Rasuwa District of Nepal<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Umesh Karki<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Umesh Karki\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspRuth Wright&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbsp<b>AFP \/ AP<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1788325923\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-09-02 07:12:03 +02:00\">02\/09\/2026 &#8211; 7:12 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Some estimate the costs of reconstruction could equal up to a tenth of the country\u2019s entire economy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now attention is turning to what caused the disaster and how to prevent devastation on such a scale when \u201cunprecedented\u201d events like this happen again which, scientists say, they will.<\/p>\n<p>Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah has linked the disaster to climate change, saying: \u201cThe flood in the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa was not an ordinary flood. It was one of the region\u2019s major disasters, triggered by an avalanche of snow and ice in the Himalayan region.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the social media post, he went on to say, \u201cIt is now time for us to strongly raise with the international community the issue of the disasters we are experiencing as a result of climate change.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It would be reasonable to assume he is referring to the rich, industrialised countries which are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions, unlike Nepal which is a largely rural country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNepal is paying the price for a crisis it didn\u2019t create. This is a moment for countries not just to understand how much climate impacts can play havoc but also how much is needed urgently in terms of putting climate action front and centre of development policy,\u201d urges Aarti Khosla, director of research consultancy Climate Trends.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/73\/28\/808x539_cmsv2_8c3f92bd-2900-5328-a766-b0992bda363c-9897328.jpg\" alt=\"A Nepali police official stands next to a row of bodies of flash flood victims laid in a mass grave for burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. \"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Nepali police official stands next to a row of bodies of flash flood victims laid in a mass grave for burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. <\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Dar Yasin<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What caused the Nepal flood?<\/h2>\n<p>On 26 August, a sudden flood swept through Nepal\u2019s Rasuwa district after a massive chunk of glacial ice and rock broke off from an altitude of about 5,200 metres and plunged roughly 1,200 metres into the valley below.<\/p>\n<p>Inter-governmental body the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, has concluded that the flood was most likely triggered by an ice-rock avalanche, rather than a glacial lake outburst flood. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that attribution studies take months and researchers are still examining the precise sequence of events and whether long-term changes such as permafrost degradation and rock-slope instability played a role.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Nepal flood highlights growing risk of glacier disasters in the Alps<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">\u2018It made me cry\u2019: Swiss glacier photos taken 15 years apart reveal staggering loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Glacier at heart of disaster had been retreating for decades<\/h2>\n<p>It has emerged that the glacier that collapsed in Nepal had been in retreat for decades, like many glaciers across Europe. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe failed glacier retreated by approximately 450m between 1990 and 2020, potentially reducing the mechanical support provided by the glacier to the underlying rock slope,\u201d says Professor Maria Shahgedanova, a climate scientist researching climate impacts on mountain glaciers at the University of Reading in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>It has been known for decades that climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters. Scientists say the Himalayas, the world\u2019s highest mountain range, are losing ice faster than the global average.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event demonstrates how climate-driven changes in the cryosphere can change conditions that make hazards in high-mountain regions even more risky for people in the area. Such events cannot be prevented, but their impacts can be reduced through systematic hazard assessment and monitoring,\u201d explains Shahgedanova.<\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Nepal in 2023, warned that Himalayan regions were struggling with rapidly melting glaciers and that the \u201crooftops of the world are caving in\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Would early warnings have helped in Nepal?<\/h2>\n<p>It may be of some comfort to families and friends of the victims that experts believe that it would have been \u201cvery difficult\u201d to predict the disaster. But better preparedness could have helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an unprecedented and unexpected disaster. There was simply no detection and no time to issue a warning. The event was a sudden-onset hazard that could not be captured by conventional warning systems,\u201d explains Dr Farooq Azam, senior cryosphere specialist and intervention manager at ICIMOD. \u201cIn such rock-ice avalanches, establishing a warning system is very difficult to ascertain the place of the breakpoints, which can sometimes be below the bedrock or glaciers and not easily visible with satellite or eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Europe&#8217;s warmer seas are appealing to swimmers \u2013 but what lies beneath is \u2018alarming\u2019, study warns<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Interactive map predicts climate-driven farm decline by end of century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What does Nepal need to do to be more prepared for disasters?<\/h2>\n<p>ICIMOD says there are three immediate priorities to improve the region\u2019s preparedness for global warming-related disasters. Firstly, make sure clear policies are in place that determine what land can be used for, particularly in areas close to rivers, slopes and mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, assess how the environment can impact infrastructure using Environmental Impact Assessments before it is built, as well as assessing how environmental conditions could affect infrastructure over its lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, bring Indigenous knowledge back into risk planning. Historically, communities often lived on higher ground and away from river channels, while newer development has increasingly moved closer to riverbanks and, in some cases, onto riverbeds. Indigenous knowledge should inform contemporary disaster-risk and land-use planning, ICIMOD says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this heartbreaking tragedy can help countries realise the need for a shared approach \u2013 for building adaptation and resilience, early warning signals, and transboundary monitoring \u2013 that will be a step ahead for humanity in the fractured world order we are living in today,\u201d says Khosla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div 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src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/91\/62\/320x180_cmsv2_8614ca95-c2df-50e1-b669-55d962e45172-9539162.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"An employee arranges clothes at the BHV department store where fast fashion powerhouse Shein&apos;s first permanent store opened on Nov. 5, 2025 in Paris. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Is France\u2019s new ultra-fast fashion levy \u2018discriminatory\u2019?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922157-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2922157\" data-cid=\"9896752\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2922157-label-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/67\/52\/320x180_cmsv2_81048847-3c4d-51ea-a8f3-2c82816fa530-9896752.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Solar panels operate at Dalad Banner Photovoltaic Top Runner Base in northern China&apos;s Inner Mongolia province, 12 June, 2026\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    China says their solar power has outpaced coal for the first time ever<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2921868-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2921868\" data-cid=\"9895322\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2921868-label-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/53\/22\/320x180_cmsv2_90fdf264-5b29-5064-955b-5af1f79653c0-9895322.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant, which had to close its Reactor 3 due to extremely low water levels on the Danube River, is seen in Paks, Hungary, Wednesday July 29, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Why nuclear power won\u2019t magically fix Europe\u2019s energy crisis<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2903030-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2903030\" data-cid=\"9804014\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2903030-label-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/80\/40\/14\/320x180_cmsv2_66137d08-10c0-5f87-8763-9b39be4a0229-9804014.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gunnlaugur Erlendsson, Founder &amp; CEO of ENSO\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Meet the company trying to make car tyres less toxic for the planet<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922157-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2922157\" data-cid=\"9896752\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    China says their solar power has outpaced coal for the first time ever<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922273-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2922273\" data-cid=\"9897328\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Glacier at centre of Nepal disaster had been retreating for 35 years<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922274-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2922274\" data-cid=\"9897330\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    The world is on track to overshoot 1.5\u00b0C \u2013 but there\u2019s a pathway out<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2922141-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2922141\" data-cid=\"9896711\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Is France\u2019s new ultra-fast fashion levy \u2018discriminatory\u2019?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2921868-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2921868\" data-cid=\"9895322\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Why nuclear power won\u2019t magically fix Europe\u2019s energy crisis<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">With the death toll over 1,000 and thousands still missing, the human tragedy of the Nepal flooding disaster is undeniable. Some estimate the costs of reconstruction could equal up to a tenth of the country\u2019s entire economy.Now attention is turning to what caused the disaster and how to prevent devastation on such a scale when \u201cunprecedented\u201d events like this happen again which, scientists say, they will.Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah has linked the disaster to climate change, saying: \u201cThe flood in the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa was not an ordinary flood. It was one of the region\u2019s major disasters, triggered by an avalanche of snow and ice in the Himalayan region.\u201d\u00a0In the social media post, he went on to say, \u201cIt is now time for us to strongly raise with the international community the issue of the disasters we are experiencing as a result of climate change.\u201dIt would be reasonable to assume he is referring to the rich, industrialised countries which are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions, unlike Nepal which is a largely rural country.\u00a0\u201cNepal is paying the price for a crisis it didn\u2019t create. This is a moment for countries not just to understand how much climate impacts can play havoc but also how much is needed urgently in terms of putting climate action front and centre of development policy,\u201d urges Aarti Khosla, director of research consultancy Climate Trends.What caused the Nepal flood?On 26 August, a sudden flood swept through Nepal\u2019s Rasuwa district after a massive chunk of glacial ice and rock broke off from an altitude of about 5,200 metres and plunged roughly 1,200 metres into the valley below.Inter-governmental body the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in Kathmandu, has concluded that the flood was most likely triggered by an ice-rock avalanche, rather than a glacial lake outburst flood.It\u2019s important to remember that attribution studies take months and researchers are still examining the precise sequence of events and whether long-term changes such as permafrost degradation and rock-slope instability played a role.Glacier at heart of disaster had been retreating for decadesIt has emerged that the glacier that collapsed in Nepal had been in retreat for decades, like many glaciers across Europe.\u00a0\u201cThe failed glacier retreated by approximately 450m between 1990 and 2020, potentially reducing the mechanical support provided by the glacier to the underlying rock slope,\u201d says Professor Maria Shahgedanova, a climate scientist researching climate impacts on mountain glaciers at the University of Reading in the UK.It has been known for decades that climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters. Scientists say the Himalayas, the world\u2019s highest mountain range, are losing ice faster than the global average.\u201cThe event demonstrates how climate-driven changes in the cryosphere can change conditions that make hazards in high-mountain regions even more risky for people in the area. Such events cannot be prevented, but their impacts can be reduced through systematic hazard assessment and monitoring,\u201d explains Shahgedanova.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Nepal in 2023, warned that Himalayan regions were struggling with rapidly melting glaciers and that the \u201crooftops of the world are caving in\u201d.Would early warnings have helped in Nepal?It may be of some comfort to families and friends of the victims that experts believe that it would have been \u201cvery difficult\u201d to predict the disaster. But better preparedness could have helped.\u201cThis was an unprecedented and unexpected disaster. There was simply no detection and no time to issue a warning. The event was a sudden-onset hazard that could not be captured by conventional warning systems,\u201d explains Dr Farooq Azam, senior cryosphere specialist and intervention manager at ICIMOD. \u201cIn such rock-ice avalanches, establishing a warning system is very difficult to ascertain the place of the breakpoints, which can sometimes be below the bedrock or glaciers and not easily visible with satellite or eyes.\u201dWhat does Nepal need to do to be more prepared for disasters?ICIMOD says there are three immediate priorities to improve the region\u2019s preparedness for global warming-related disasters. Firstly, make sure clear policies are in place that determine what land can be used for, particularly in areas close to rivers, slopes and mountains.Secondly, assess how the environment can impact infrastructure using Environmental Impact Assessments before it is built, as well as assessing how environmental conditions could affect infrastructure over its lifetime.Thirdly, bring Indigenous knowledge back into risk planning. Historically, communities often lived on higher ground and away from river channels, while newer development has increasingly moved closer to riverbanks and, in some cases, onto riverbeds. Indigenous knowledge should inform contemporary disaster-risk and land-use planning, ICIMOD says.\u201cIf this heartbreaking tragedy can help countries realise the need for a shared approach \u2013 for building adaptation and resilience, early warning signals, and transboundary monitoring \u2013 that will be a step ahead for humanity in the fractured world order we are living in today,\u201d says Khosla.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/09\/02\/no-time-to-issue-a-warning-experts-on-what-caused-nepal-flood-and-whats-needed-to-improve-&#8220;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/73\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_0f68946e-1b6f-5735-805a-692783a832de-9897328.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Spain to check claim officials blamed Morocco for Ceuta migrant influx Europe News EU eyes additional sanctions on Ukrainian children deportation Travel News The World\u2019s 50 Best: 16 hotels in Europe feature on extended list Europe News Europe vows to stay united as hybrid war activity surges Europe News Spain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2125333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2125333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2125333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2125333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2125333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}