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Live Updates: Hundreds Missing as Wall of Water Sweeps Away Villages in Nepal and Tibet

Latest update from New York Times World: Live Updates: More Than 1,300 Missing After Torrent Sweeps Away Villages in Nepal and Tibet. At least 160 people were killed when floods tore through a Himalayan river valley between Nepal and the Tibet region of China, the authorities said. Binod Ghimire Leo Sands and Lily Kuo A giant torrent of mud, water and ice that began high in the Himalayas tore a devastating path through a mountain valley on the border between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, smashing buildings and sweeping away fleeing people caught by surprise by its speed and destructive force. At least 160 people were killed and hundreds more were missing after the flood, which snapped bridges into pieces and pulled multistory structures off their foundations. The deluge also engulfed dozens of men, women and children who were overtaken as they tried to run. The death toll was expected to rise.

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Scoop News DeskNepal · Published Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM UTCUpdated Friday, August 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM UTC

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Surveillance footage circulating on social media and verified by The New York Times shows crowds running up a road near the port before torrents of water and thick clouds engulf the parking lot and surrounding buildings, destroying the area. “The bottom looks like a bomb exploded — it’s just deposits from the broken-up glacier,” said Daniel Shugar, a geologist at the University of Calgary in Canada who studied satellite imagery to analyze what happened.

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Latest update from New York Times World: Live Updates: More Than 1,300 Missing After Torrent Sweeps Away Villages in Nepal and Tibet. At least 160 people were killed when floods tore through a Himalayan river valley between Nepal and the Tibet region of China, the authorities said. Binod Ghimire Leo Sands and Lily Kuo A giant torrent of mud, water and ice that began high in the Himalayas tore a devastating path through a mountain valley on the border between Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, smashing buildings and sweeping away fleeing people caught by surprise by its speed and destructive force. At least 160 people were killed and hundreds more were missing after the flood, which snapped bridges into pieces and pulled multistory structures off their foundations. The deluge also engulfed dozens of men, women and children who were overtaken as they tried to run. The death toll was expected to rise.
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