After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 dead and nearly 3,000 people missing.

The federal government will provide an update on Canada's response to the devasting flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-China border, near the autonomous region of Tibet.

A series of flash floods has destroyed villages in parts of Nepal and Tibet, as experts say a falling glacier likely triggered a chain reaction of events that could get worse.

Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 353 and left more than 1,300 people missing as of Thursday.

A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side.

Critics say repression in Tibet has become more systematic and wide-reaching since the crushing of anti-government protests in 2008.