Search Underway for 1,300 Missing After Devastating Nepal–China Floods Kill at Least 165
Rescuers are searching for hundreds missing after the flood destroyed roads and bridges, and officials said 260 of the missing were foreigners.
- Massive flash floods swept through the Nepal-China border area on Wednesday, killing at least 165 people and leaving up to 1300 missing across the Himalayan region. The torrents destroyed villages, roads, and critical infrastructure, halting travel throughout affected areas.
- Experts identified a magnitude 5.2 glacial collapse, not an earthquake, as the disaster's cause. Disaster risk reduction specialist Saswata Sanyal explained, "The Lhende Khola has flooded twice in 14 months, this time triggered by an ice rock avalanche from a glacier on the Nepal side."
- Foreign nationals comprise a significant portion of the missing: 133 Indians on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, plus 47 Americans, 34 Australians, 33 British nationals, and 24 Canadians. Nepal government spokesperson Sasmit Pokharel stated, "We have asked both India and China to help us with the rescue efforts."
- Chinese authorities mobilized more than 1,500 personnel including military troops and firefighters, with Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing directing operations. Australia, Britain, and other nations expressed solidarity, urging residents to follow official safety advisories as rescue efforts continue.
- Researchers found that glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are melting at an accelerating rate, with ice loss doubling since 2000 due to climate change. This instability poses ongoing risks to populations and infrastructure in the region's steep, precarious valleys.
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The latest assessment shows at least 180 deaths and more than 1,300 missing persons, including many foreign tourists. The flood was caused by the collapse of a glacier.
The rescuers continue their efforts on Thursday to try to find survivors of the powerful water and mud wall that submerged the region on the border of Nepal and China. Four French people are missing, according to the Nepal tourism office.
Nearly 1,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet after floods caused by a glacial collapse
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — China’s Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed after massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China swept through communities a day earlier. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that 260 of the 558 missing people in Tibet were foreigners and two villagers were rescue…
The search continues for the dispersed after the tsunami of water, mud and debris that yesterday devastated the north of Nepal, on the border with the Chinese region of Tibet. The disastrous flood was caused by the sudden flood of the river Bhotekoshi, caused in turn by the collapse of a glacier and a casting of debris [...] The article Nepal, more than 1300 dispersed by the disastrous flood at the border with Tibet. The number of confirmed deat…
More Than 1.3K Missing After Glacial Collapse Causes Flood
Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse, the AP reports. At least 1,384 people are missing in total on both sides of...
Hundreds missing, scores dead along Nepal, Tibet border following disastrous flash flooding and mud flow
Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through communities following a glacial collapse.
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