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Number of missing up to 2,400 in Nepal, China
NUWAKOT, Nepal — The number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.Rescuers were battling through...
Nepal may need up to $5 billion to rebuild after deadly flash floods
Nepal could face a reconstruction bill of up to $5 billion after this week’s floods killed more than 600 people and left more than 2,000 unaccounted for across Nepal and Tibet. The disaster swept away bridges and roads, damaged...
Desperate search for survivors in Nepal amid fears of a second flood
Flash flooding crashed through the border of Nepal and Tibet after a Himalayan glacier collapsed, killing more than 600 people. Rescue crews race against time to find any survivors out of the estimated 2,500 people believed to be missing.
‘Extremely risky operations’: Rescuers work amid threat of river banks bursting
Nearly 3,000 people remained missing on Saturday, while 682 deaths had been confirmed after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescue operations remain risky as a lake formed upstream by the floods threatens to burst its banks....
Photos: See the aftermath of deadly flash floods in Nepal
Nepal officials say the death toll has continues to rise in Wednesday's floods that washed away communities in Nepal and Tibet, which is held by China. About 2,500 people are missing in both areas.
‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital
Family members pin photos of Nepal’s missing to hospital wall as people try not to give up hope on loved onesNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesPosters of the missing line the wall of the hospital, the glue still fresh...
China says flash flood disaster caused by high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal
China has said a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal triggered the flash floods that swept through the Tibet-Nepal border region, as the disaster’s death toll crossed 547. Scientists are examining whether an ice-and-rock avalanche temporarily blocked the Lhende River...
Flash floods have devastated Nepal. Climate change could make them routine
Nepal and Tibet are reeling from unprecedented floods that have killed more than 600 people. Experts tell James C. Reynolds that a warming planet could make these disasters more common and threaten water security for millions
Chinese rescuers race to reach mudslide survivors in Nepal-China border
Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Nepal flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of missing
After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 dead and nearly 3,000 people missing.
China-Nepal floods: police officer filmed guiding people away from stricken border post
Video footage taken moments before a catastrophic mudslide hit a border post in Tibet shows how one police officer stationed there tried to guide civilians to safety. The clip, which shows the officer trying to direct people away from...
Hong Kong sets aside HK$50 million in relief fund for Nepal-Tibet flood victims
Hong Kong’s government has earmarked HK$50 million (US$6.3 million) from the Disaster Relief Fund for those affected by deadly flash floods near Nepal’s border with Tibet’s Gyirong County, which have left hundreds dead and thousands missing. Chief Executive John...
Flash floods have devastated Nepal. Climate change could make them routine
Nepal and Tibet are reeling from unprecedented floods that have killed more than 600 people. Experts tell James C. Reynolds that a warming planet could make these disasters more common and threaten water security for millions
Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000
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 close to...
Nepal-Tibet floods: death toll rises to 626 and number missing climbs to nearly 3,000 – latest updates
Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster‘The flood took everything I have’: survivors grieve for relatives and homes swept away in NepalChinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal...
Nepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk
On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move. An enormous mass of ice and rock broke loose near the Nepal-Tibet border, plunging into the Lhende Khola River and unleashing a wall of water, mud, boulders and debris down the...
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...
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-China Death Toll Hits 579; Concerns Another Disaster Is Coming
By Osama Ali Key Takeaways: Flash floods along the Nepal–China border have killed at least 579 people; more than 200 are missing in Nepal and Chinese media put 558 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong County (including 260 foreigners), with possible...
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And, at least 32 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing after Tibet-Nepal border floods
As The Himalayas Melt, Deadly Floods Become The New Normal
By Fabrice Robinet Key Takeaways: A Himalayan slope failure on Wednesday (registered as magnitude 5.2) sent ice, rock, and water down the Lhende Khola/Bhotekoshi system; by Friday more than 500 were reported dead in Nepal and Tibet and over 1,500...
China: Decade Of Impunity For Crimes Against Uyghurs, HRW Says
Key Takeaways: Ten years after the 2016 escalation in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says mass detention, imprisonment, surveillance, cultural and religious restrictions, travel controls, and pressure on Uyghurs abroad continue, despite Beijing’s claims of normalcy. HRW cites UN findings...
Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there
Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.
Can Beijing’s gateway plan for Tibet survive geopolitics and natural disasters?
On the windswept plains just south of Tibet’s second-largest city, the towering smart inspection systems and automated cargo gantries of a brand-new international land port gleam under the plateau’s high-altitude sun. Official road maps predict the multibillion-yuan project in...























