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Latest update from The Guardian World: More than 1,300 people are missing in Nepal and in Tibet after catastrophic flash floods swept through the region, killing at least 469. Updated on: August 28, 2026 / 8:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP Kathmandu, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods and lanslides killed more than 540 people and left more than 1,000 missing. Nepal authorities said the death toll in the Himalayan nation rose to 538, according to French news agency AFP. Helicopters had carried more than 3,000 people to safety in Kathmandu and other locations, but local Nepalese media said there could still be as many as 12,000 people missing, many times more than the official counts offered by authorities. On the Chinese side, there was little information about survivors, although the death toll rose to five Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct relief efforts. China's state media previously said 558 people were missing and Nepal's disaster management authority said Friday that 977 were unaccounted for.
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Updated on: August 28, 2026 / 8:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP Kathmandu, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods and lanslides killed more than 540 people and left more than 1,000 missing. Nepal authorities said the death toll in the Himalayan nation rose to 538, according to French news agency AFP. Helicopters had carried more than 3,000 people to safety in Kathmandu and other locations, but local Nepalese media said there could still be as many as 12,000 people missing, many times more than the official counts offered by authorities. On the Chinese side, there was little information about survivors, although the death toll rose to five Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct relief efforts. China's state media previously said 558 people were missing and Nepal's disaster management authority said Friday that 977 were unaccounted for.
Latest update from The Guardian World: More than 1,300 people are missing in Nepal and in Tibet after catastrophic flash floods swept through the region, killing at least 469. Updated on: August 28, 2026 / 8:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP Kathmandu, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods and lanslides killed more than 540 people and left more than 1,000 missing. Nepal authorities said the death toll in the Himalayan nation rose to 538, according to French news agency AFP. Helicopters had carried more than 3,000 people to safety in Kathmandu and other locations, but local Nepalese media said there could still be as many as 12,000 people missing, many times more than the official counts offered by authorities. On the Chinese side, there was little information about survivors, although the death toll rose to five Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct relief efforts. China's state media previously said 558 people were missing and Nepal's disaster management authority said Friday that 977 were unaccounted for.
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