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Nepal Flash Flood Latest Live News: Death Toll Nears 600, Over 2,400 Missing as Barrier Lake Threat Persists

The death toll nears 600 as more than 2,400 people remain missing, while rescuers face fresh risks from unstable barrier lakes. The post Nepal Flash Flood Latest Live News: Death Toll Nears 600, Over 2,400 Missing as Barrier Lake...

The Avalanche They Won’t Speak Of: China’s Silence on Tibet’s Glacier Collapse

By Khedroob Thondup When a glacier high above the Langtang Lirung peak sheared away and plummeted more than two kilometres into the valley below, the earth itself shuddered. The ice avalanche released seismic energy equivalent to a 5.2 magnitude...

Tibet flood videos, survivors’ pleas vanish online as China censors tragedy

A horrifying video showing a wall of floodwater sweeping through Gyirong Port on the Tibet-Nepal border has become a rare visual record of the scale of destruction in China-controlled Tibet. The footage showed hundreds of people running for safety...

Nepal-Tibet floods live: Death toll passes 600, nearly 3,000 people still missing

Rescuers in Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after deadly flash floods swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. The number of missing rose to nearly 3,000...

China-Nepal floods: rescuers pull 2 survivors out of rubble near Tibet border crossing

Chinese rescuers continued searching for survivors from this week’s devastating floods along the border with Nepal as the operation passed a critical 72-hour window. Two villagers near the Gyirong border checkpoint were rescued from the rubble at around 1am...

Nepal floods: Toll rises to 616 as heavy rain halts rescue ops, morgues run out of space

Authorities have recovered 616 bodies as the death toll of the August 26 flash flood in Rasuwa district of Nepal continues to rise, while 2301 people were injured and rescued, Nepal Police said.

Dearth of space in morgues as death toll continues to rise after Nepal-Tibet flash flood

The Bhotekoshi flood swept bodies downstream across Nepal, overwhelming nationwide morgues. Authorities set up temporary storage facilities in Chitwan and Pokhara, photographing, fingerprinting, and collecting DNA from recovered victims to help families identify and claim their missing relatives amid...

Nepal Soldiers Crawl Through Thick Mud To Rescue People Trapped In Trishuli Tunnel | Video

At least 579 people have died in Nepal and seven in Tibet, while more than 2,400 remain missing on both sides of the border, after a devastating flood in the Bhote Koshi River

Missing in Nepal, China floods soars past 2,400

NUWAKOT, Nepal — Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared...

Nepal Floods Live Updates: Nepal PM Says Nearly 4,500 Rescued; India Deploys Medical, Rescue Team

Nepal Floods Live Updates: At least 579 people have died in Nepal and seven in Tibet, while more than 2,400 remain missing on both sides of the border.