Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as lake poses new flood threat
Latest update from The Guardian: The catastrophic flash flood has killed at least 389 people and left more than 1,300 missing, with hundreds of tourists unaccounted for. Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. (AP video shot by: Upendra Man Singh) Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. More than 350 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,300 were missing,. Army soldiers help a family disembark from a helicopter after they are rescued from an area affected by flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Jenisha, right, cries as she waits for news on her father missing after flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Friday, Aug. Hundreds of them were foreigners in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.
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With hundreds of tourists unaccounted for. In contrast on the Chinese side, there was little information on survivors, although the death toll rose to five Friday, as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders’ efforts to direct relief efforts.