Death toll from flash floods rises to 469 with rescuers in Nepal and China working to find hundreds missing
Rescuers are searching for more than 1,500 missing people as debris-blocked rivers and a growing barrier lake raise the risk of another flood.
- On Wednesday, August 26, a massive glacial collapse in central Nepal triggered an ice-rock avalanche, sending a high-speed torrent of debris down the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi rivers, killing 469 people.
- The United States Geological Survey determined that bedrock collapse beneath a glacier triggered the disaster, generating a high-speed debris flow that surged through mountain valleys with nearly twice the force of water.
- Nepal Army rescue teams pulled 350 workers from a flooded hydropower tunnel, though personnel continue struggling to reach more than 100 people still trapped in mud amid adverse weather and floodwaters.
- More than 1,500 people remain missing, including foreign nationals from over 30 countries, prompting the United States to provide $500,000 in humanitarian assistance to support local relief efforts.
- Rising water levels in a debris-formed barrier lake prompted Chinese and Nepali authorities to issue warnings Friday, forcing rescue teams to pause operations due to high breach risk and peak flows expected around September 1.
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According to the authorities, the number of missing persons in the disaster area in Nepal has increased significantly to almost 2,000. The number is now at least 1,924. More deaths are reported - now there are 579.
Nepal flood toll rises to 579; nearly 2,000 still missing
More than 4,500 people, including 85 Indians, were rescued; 98 Indian tourists are still unaccounted for; the Nepal govt. allows foreign experts to join the search operation following intense diplomatic pressure
Kathmandu, Aug. 28 (EFE).- The authorities of Nepal raised the number of people unaccounted for to 1,924 this Friday after adding to the count more than 900 workers of hydroelectric projects razed by the water, three days after the devastating flood that hit the country. https://holanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08rss-efe1f676a8e-2945-4250-97cb-66c330feece4-hd-web.mp4 According to the latest bulletin of the National Authority for Disaster Ris…
In Nepal, the death toll from flooding caused by a glacier breaking off from the Himalayas has risen to 579, while 1,924 people are reported missing. Approximately 4,000 people have been rescued in search and rescue operations.
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