A high-altitude collapse of rock and glacial ice sent a fast-moving mass of debris and water down narrow Himalayan valleys. Scientists are working out what triggered the collapse – and whether climate change played a role.

If another hazard arrives before systems have recovered, it encounters a place with less resilience and a weakened infrastructure, say two researchers.

Exclusive videos verified by The New York Times show the clearest view yet of the avalanche in northern Nepal near Tibet that sent a wall of water and mud coursing through river valleys below.

Scientists are looking into cause and possible link to climate change. 

A Darjeeling couple had planned a 15-day trip to Mansarovar via Kerung in Sept. The Rs 4.4-lakh tour package included permits for entering Tibet. They cancelled the trip after watching videos of Kerung being swept away. Kolkata travel agents...

The 77-member group, led by Isha Foundation, an organisation founded by Indian spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev, Sadhguru, has remained out of contact.

Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. A glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed...

Jaishankar reviews rescue efforts; India sends 57.5 tonnes of relief supplies

Army helicopters ferry survivors from inaccessible areas to a camp at a barracks in BidurThe three women sat together in the army tent and wept. They cried out for their sons, their husbands, their homes. As flash floods coursed...

The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, Russian strikes in Kyiv, Israeli settlers in the West Bank and tributes to Dolly Parton – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...