Authorities Warn of Fresh Rainfall in Nepal's Flood-Affected Areas; Threats Rescue Ops
Officials said more than 90,000 people need aid as rising water and fresh rain threaten search operations and heighten flood risk.
- A massive torrent of rock, ice, and mud devastated Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, killing 547 people with nearly 1,000 missing. The disaster destroyed vital infrastructure connecting Kathmandu and Lhasa.
- Kamal Kishore, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, warned of "cascading hazards that might unfold." Officials are monitoring two upstream lakes, including one appearing to grow.
- The Red Cross reported more than 90,000 people require urgent humanitarian assistance. Of those missing, at least 540 are foreigners, including Hindu pilgrims traveling toward Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in Tibet.
- World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic reported six health facilities have been damaged, leaving healthcare workers missing. Rescuers resumed operations on Friday after a brief pause due to rising water levels.
- The Nepal Disaster Management Authority is using satellite imagery to monitor precarious upstream lakes. Officials fear further flooding as the region remains unstable, with the death toll expected to rise significantly.
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KATHMANDU — Authorities in Nepal have warned of the risk of further flooding after heavy rainfall, as China sheds light on the scale of the disaster in its Tibet region.
Heavy rains and the risk of new floods are complicating the rescue efforts in Nepal on Sunday (30), after the devastating landsliding that hit a Himalayan border region near the border with China on Wednesday. At the same time 750 people died and more than 3,000 disappeared, including hundreds of foreigners. Background: State of bodies carried by floods of 'density greater than concrete' makes identification difficult, reports Nepalese to GLOBO …
Nepal Flood Crisis: Glacial Lake Threat Eases as Floods, Missing People and Rescue Crisis Deepen
<p>Nepal’s disaster situation remains critical as authorities continue to battle floods, rising river levels, missing people and a major rescue operation across affected regions. A massive glacial lake near the Tibet-Nepal border had triggered fears of a sudden outburst and devastating flooding downstream, but the immediate threat has reportedly eased as Chinese authorities say water is gradually draining from the lake and debris blocking its ou…
(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = On the 30th (local time), four days after the massive floods in the Himalayan mountain region on the Nepal-China border, the affected areas...
Nepal Flood Crisis: Authorities Warn of Fresh Rainfall, Threatening Rescue Operations
The authorities in Nepal have warned of more rainfall and thunderstorms in flood-affected areas, that will complicate search, rescue and relief operations already underway. Now the latest crisis will be followed by a glacial collapse near Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday.
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