Lake formed by landslide on Nepal-Tibet border overflows, halting rescue work
- On Friday, authorities in Nepal and China warned a debris-blocked lake on their border is overflowing and risks bursting, threatening further catastrophe in regions already devastated by Wednesday's deadly flash floods.
- A massive glacial collapse on Wednesday sent torrents of rock, ice, and mud cascading through Himalayan river systems, creating barrier lakes that blocked river channels and jeopardized ongoing rescue operations.
- Nepal police confirmed Friday the death toll had risen to 469 from 390 a day earlier, while nearly 1,000 people remain missing as rescue teams scour debris-strewn valleys.
- Shanti Mahat, spokesperson for Nepal's disaster management authority, urged residents and relief workers to immediately move to safe ground, while all Chinese rescue personnel and vehicles withdrew to safer areas.
- China's Ministry of Water Resources warned rainfall over the coming week will exacerbate flood threats, while Dr. Levan Tielidze, a glacial geomorphology researcher at Monash University, attributed glacial instability to climate change intensifying in the Himalayas.
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The provisional balance sheet of the devastating floods on the border between Nepal and China on Wednesday rose to 781 dead and 2,502 missing, announced today the Nepali authority responsible for emergency management. In China, the state media reported 16 dead and 546 missing in its territory, bringing the total balance of victims of the catastrophe to 797 dead and 3,48 missing. More than 260 foreign citizens from 23 countries are among the disa…
29 Latvians are missing after floods in Nepal, the Nepal Tourism Board has announced.
The number of deaths after the flood continues to rise, and more than 3,000 people are considered missing - including Germans. Rescue teams are fighting against new dangers and difficult conditions.
Although the golden hour for rescue operations has passed for the massive floods in Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region, more than 3,000 people remain missing. Concerns are rising that secondary flooding could occur due to severe weather conditions. Citing Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, the BBC reported that the death toll from the floods in Nepal had risen to 752 as of 1 p.m. on the 30th.
Rescue operations are progressing step by step on Sunday in Nepal and China, in perilous conditions, in an attempt to find survivors four days after the devastating flood that killed more than 750 people and caused considerable damage.
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