Nepal’s Bagmati Province’s southwestern corner, Bharatpur’s home base
India and Nepal are coordinating rescue and relief after catastrophic floods triggered by a glacier break have killed hundreds, with thousands missing. Authorities warn floodwaters and landslides will persist as search operations continue and regional reconstruction plans take shape.
A glacier collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border has triggered a devastating flood cascading through Nepal and China. Initial assessments have reclassified the event from a quake to a glacial debris flow, with authorities warning of possible secondary flooding as debris dams breach. Satellite imagery shows a glacier break, ice and rock tumbling into valleys, and rivers rising rapidly downstream.
Rescue teams are clearing a key highway as Nepal and Tibet confront a rising flood threat from a glacier-induced lake upstream. Authorities warn of renewed flooding as water levels rise, with hundreds of missing and thousands displaced across the region.
A glacial collapse on 26 August has produced torrent floods that have killed more than 1,395 people and left over 5,600 missing across Nepal and Tibet. Rescue teams have been recovering bodies, searching buried hydropower tunnels and remote villages, and racing to control newly formed barrier lakes that are threatening further flooding and hampering access.
Nepal faces a widening disaster as flood and landslide deaths mount. More than 2,400 people remain unaccounted for in Nepal, with hundreds more missing across the India-Nepal border in Tibet. The UK has dispatched a rapid response team and offered aid, while families search for loved ones amid makeshift morgues and overwhelmed facilities.
Rescue teams have expanded operations in Nepal and Tibet after a Himalayan flood swept through the region, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing. Authorities warn of further rainfall and rising water flow upstream as foreign nationals are among the missing.
A glacier collapse in the Himalayas has triggered floods and widespread destruction in Nepal and China’s Tibet region. Authorities report rising death tolls, thousands missing, and ongoing rescue operations as hydropower sites are targeted by the disaster.
Rescuers have intensified operations on the Nepal–Tibet border after a glacier collapse and subsequent floods have left hundreds dead and thousands missing. International and Nepalese military teams are blasting into mud-choked tunnels and pumping air into hydropower sites while families wait; authorities have reported 939 dead and 3,925 missing, including 592 foreigners.
Rescue teams have evacuated dozens after a landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River in Gorkha district, causing a downstream flash flood. Authorities have reported no confirmed deaths so far, five people are missing and at least 95 people, including foreigners, have been moved to safety. Bridges, homes and hydropower construction sites have been damaged.