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Missing in Nepal-Tibet floods rises past 3,000
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers searched for survivors.Figures from Nepal and from Chinese authorities in charge...
Missing in Nepal-Tibet floods rises past 3,000Missing in Nepal-Tibet floods rises past 3,000
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers searched for survivors.Figures from Nepal and from Chinese authorities in charge...
Nearly 3,000 still missing in Nepal flooding, including dozens of Americans
As search and rescue continues in Nepal, the Nepali army has rescued more than 7,500 people but there are 3,000 still missing, including 90 Americans who were believed to be in Tibet. Ramy Inocencio reports from Kathmandu.
Week in pictures: devastating floods in Nepal, death of Dolly Parton and a tornado in France
A look back at some of the week's key news stories and the most striking images: a devastating flood tears through Nepal and Tibet, the death of global icon Dolly Parton, a tornado devastates a village in southern France...
Nepal-Tibet disaster: Death toll nears 800; more than 3,000 missing
On the fifth day of rescue efforts, 2,502 people in Nepal remain missing while 546 people in China's Tibet remain unaccounted for.
Is it safe to travel to Nepal? Major tourist hotspot hit by devastating flash floods with over 700 dead
The region is popular with Himalayan trekkers and pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Tibet
Nepal: Glacial collapse leaves 3,000 missing
Rescue and relief efforts in Nepal and Tibet have been hampered this Sunday by heavy rain and rising river levels. The latest figures following Wednesday’s flash floods put the death toll at 750, while more than 3,000 people remain...
Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood tops 3,000
Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake to search for thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing...
Pilgrims to Flood-Stricken Nepal Sought the Divine at Sacred Mountain
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.
Death toll rises as 3,000 remain missing in Nepal, China
Rescue and relief efforts in Nepal and Tibet have been hampered this Sunday by heavy rain and rising river levels. The latest figures following Wednesday’s flash floods put the death toll at 750, while more than 3,000 people remain...
Nepal-Tibet floods: 750 dead, 20,000 deployed as rising rivers hamper rescue ops
Nepal and Tibet floods have claimed 750 lives and left over 3,000 missing. Rescuers continue operations amid warnings of fresh flooding and difficult conditions. Hundreds are believed trapped in hydropower tunnels, requiring specialized international assistance. India and China are...
Fresh flood warnings issued in Nepal as Everest veterans called in to join tunnel rescue mission
The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing
China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.
Fresh flood warnings issued in Nepal as Everest veterans called in to join tunnel rescue mission
The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing
Nepal-Tibet floods live: At least 750 dead as death toll rises
At least 750 people have died and more than 3,000 remain missing after devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet near the Chinese border, according to local authorities. Rescue efforts are entering a fifth day Sunday, with thousands rescued but...
China-Nepal floods: hundreds of foreigners missing in Tibet after disaster
The Chinese authorities said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing after last week’s deadly floods along the border between Tibet and Nepal. The Tibetan authorities said that the missing foreigners were from 23 different countries and included...
Nepal-Tibet death toll rises amid new flood fears and race to free group trapped in tunnel
Combined toll of at least 750 dead and more than 3,000 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after devastating flood‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospitalThousands of people remain missing after the catastrophic flash...
China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media
State broadcaster CCTV reported that of the 546 people missing, 261 were foreign nationals, including 104 from Nepal, 49 from India, 33 from Latvia, and 18 from the United States.
Isolated by raging floodwaters, Nepal’s miracle home amid the devastation
Footage shows a house surrounded by raging floodwaters at the Nepal-Tibet border, with people trapped on rooftops.
Nepal flash flood death toll nears 700, with around 3,000 still missing
Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet.
One Canadian found safe after catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods, Anand says
At least 31 other Canadians remain unaccounted for as rescuers search flood-ravaged areas along the Nepal-Tibet border
Rescuers race to find thousands missing after deadly Himalayan floods
Rescue crews are struggling through blocked roads, high mountain canyons and dangerous terrain as they search for thousands of people missing in Nepal and Tibet.
When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks
A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
Threat of lake burst after glacial collapse near Nepal-Tibet disaster site eases
Authorities are monitoring conditions to warn rescue operations downstream if needed
Was climate change to blame for the Nepal floods? Here's what we know
Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilize high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as the Himalayan flood along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet, scientists say, while warning climate change may not be...


















