More than 550 missing in Tibet after floods that left hundreds also missing in Nepal
Rescuers are searching for more than 750 missing people as floodwaters and mudslides destroy roads, bridges and hydropower projects, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a massive flash flood originating near the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 157 people and left hundreds missing as torrents of mud and debris swept through central Nepal.
- The German Research Centre for Geosciences detected a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shortly before the disaster, prompting officials to investigate whether seismic tremors triggered a glacial outburst in the Bhote Koshi river system.
- More than 600 emergency personnel deployed with vehicles and drones to search for survivors, while the Nepal Tourism Board reported 384 tourists unaccounted for, including nationals from India and the United States.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah placed Indian border states on high alert as floodwaters moved downstream, while China mobilized rescue teams in Gyirong County and UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged support.
- Authorities warn that danger persists, urging residents to avoid the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers as damaged communications and unstable terrain continue hampering rescue efforts across affected districts.
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The number of victims is increasing in Nepal after the flash flood. Hundreds of tourists are among the missing. The search continues, and according to officials, the floods were caused by an earthquake.
Nearly 1,500 missing in Nepal, China after devastating Himalaya flood
TRISHULI, Nepal/BEIJING — Nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners are missing across Nepal and China's Tibet, authorities said on Thursday, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys. Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters to search for survivors and drop emergency supplies to thousands cut off after Wednesday's disaster swept a rugged mountainous region thronged…
More than 1,300 people are reported missing on Thursday following mud flows that devastated the valleys of Nepal and the Tibet region of China on Wednesday, killing at least 165 people on the Nepal-China border. ...
After the flood in the border area of China and Nepal, the number of deaths has increased significantly. According to police data, 162 bodies have been recovered in Nepal alone.
The rescue teams intensified their efforts on Thursday morning to find those over a thousand missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists, following devastating floods that caused at least 165 deaths on Wednesday at the border between Nepal and Tibet, a Chinese territory, writes AFP. The Nepalese authorities announced Wednesday that they ...
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