Before and after: Nepal-Tibet's flood destruction
High-resolution imagery shows buildings and bridges wiped out as the flood killed at least 392 people and left hundreds missing, officials said.
- New satellite imagery from Vantor reveals widespread devastation along the Nepal-Tibet border, where a glacial collapse triggered a flash flood that wiped out the Rasuwagadhi crossing.
- Triggered by a Himalayan glacier collapse, the torrent surged through the Trishuli River valley with enough force to strip vegetation more than 300m above the riverbed.
- Nepalese officials report that flash flooding has killed at least 392 people, with downstream villages including Syapru Besi and Timure now covered in mud and debris.
- Chinese authorities warned that a barrier lake formed at the landslide's base poses risks of further flooding, though Dr Argha Banerjee, glaciologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, noted the volume is "not alarmingly large."
- The extent of damage on the Tibetan side remains unclear due to heavy restrictions on foreign media access, and BBC Verify has been unable to find verifiable footage from the region.
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After the flood in Nepal, an intensive rescue operation has been launched to help the injured and search for missing people. Satellite images from Nepal show the extent of the devastation. At the same time, the authorities in Nepal are concerned about further flash floods.
Whole villages buried under brown mud: satellite images show the extent of the disaster in the Himalayas. An overview.
The huge flood in the mountain region between Nepal and China on Wednesday brought death and destruction. Satellite images show the extent of the disaster: Whole villages have disappeared, land areas have been devastated. Over the river Bhotekoshi from Nepal, the flood had shot through the border region in the southwest of Tibet up to Central Nepal and left a trace of the devastation. Whole villages were washed away.The floods also tore bridges …
New satellite images show the extent of the damage caused by the floods in Nepal and Tibet. Whole neighborhoods were swept away.
The collapse of part of a glacier caused a huge wave that took everything over its passage in a border region between Nepal and Tibet. Satellite images bear witness to the scale of the disaster and the destruction.
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