Nepal Police report more than 4,500 still missing as rights groups question Beijing’s information controls and restricted access to Tibet.

A 2025 study identified 55 unstable glacial lakes near Gyirong and urged urgent risk assessments—but the warnings went largely unheeded.

Nepal and Tibet authorities reported 3,048 missing as rescue teams entered hydropower tunnels to search for survivors.

Disaster footage was not found in searches on Chinese platforms, as online commenters were punished and foreign reporters were barred from Tibet.

China says 18 U.S. citizens are among those missing on the Tibet side.

The tragedy has put a spotlight on a huge dam that will displace up to 1.2 million people and pose a risk of catastrophic flooding if it fails.

About 90 U.S. citizens have been impacted by the flooding in the Nepal–Tibet border region, according to the State Department.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Tibet region late on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers in northern Tibet, GFZ said. The epicenter was hundreds of miles...

One traveler described fleeing the floodwater in a vehicle; others were still trying to reach relatives and colleagues at Gyirong Port.

The lake has expanded and was overflowing as China warned of high breach risk and Nepal urged downstream communities to stay away from riverbanks.