Over 1,500 people remain missing as rescue paused near the Nepal-China border amid fears of further flooding.

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The tragedy has put a spotlight on a huge dam that will displace up to 1.2 million people and pose a risk of catastrophic flooding if it fails.

China says a lake formed after a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may burst in the coming days.

Lake has formed at epicentre of flood, forcing rescue teams to withdraw, Chinese state media reportNepal flash flood – latest updatesNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed solidarity with flood victims in India, Nepal, and Tibet. Flooding near the Nepal-China border caused hundreds of deaths and displacement.

China has dispatched hundreds of military personnel to the border town of Gyirong in Tibet, after a deadly mudslide.

Nearly 650 foreigners unaccounted for since disaster in Nepal and Tibet as villages up to 30 miles away wiped out

Chinese authorities warned Friday that a lake formed by a mudslide on the China-Nepal border could breach and send floodwaters downstream, threatening further damage. Water levels are expected to rise over the next three days, with 499 residents and...

Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the independent New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground," which won the Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

Nepal reported 389 deaths with another three fatalities in Tibet. Authorities said 910 people remain missing in Nepal, while Chinese officials put the number missing in Tibet at 558, taking the total reported missing on both sides of the...

A massive landslide struck a mountainous area in central Nepal on Aug. 26, and as of the 27th, authorities reported at least 359 people dead and 910 missing. A large flash flood occurred in a valley near the border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Bhotekoshi River, which runs through the Rasuwa district in central Nepal, overflowed, and the resulting landslide swept away villages, roads, bridges and a hydropower plant. Local residents, along with many foreign tourists -- including pilgrims traveling to Tibet -- were caught in the disaster. According to Nepalese authorities, citizens of India, the U.S., Australia and other countries are among those affected.

Earth scientists are searching satellite imagery following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border for clues to the cause

More than 1,000 people are still missing and almost 400 confirmed dead.

Taiwan has prepared its national search-and-rescue team to travel to Nepal, officials said yesterday, a day after a catas...

Our correspondent Anupreeta Das witnessed the rescue operation following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, in which a torrent of debris and water carried away entire villages in just minutes.

Emergency teams are racing to pluck survivors from affected zones, while Nepali soldiers use sniffer dogs to search for bodies.

About 90 U.S. citizens have been impacted by the flooding in the Nepal–Tibet border region, according to the State Department.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Tibet region late on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers in northern Tibet, GFZ said. The epicenter was hundreds of miles...

A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.

A large number of the missing individuals were participating in a pilgrimage to Tibet’s Mount Kailash

Advocates call on Chinese authorities to allow information transparency in Tibet’s rescue and relief efforts.

One traveler described fleeing the floodwater in a vehicle; others were still trying to reach relatives and colleagues at Gyirong Port.

The devastating floods that have swept through the Nepal–Tibet border region are first and foremost a human tragedy

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.