Nepal Tibet

• Satellite imagery has revealed the catastrophic scale of recent floods in the Nepal-Tibet border regions, showing entire settlements completely wiped off the map. • The images document the total destruction of critical infrastructure, including homes, bridges, and various buildings across the affected areas. • This visual evidence highlights the extreme vulnerability of high-altitude settlements to flash flooding and the severity of the loss of life and property.

• Severe flooding has caused widespread destruction across Nepal and Tibet, with verified footage showing a desperate ongoing rescue mission. • In the Rasuwa District, floodwaters swept away a gate currently under construction at a 216-megawatt hydroelectric power plant. • The disaster highlights the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and local communities to extreme weather events in the region.

• A devastating flash flood in the Nepal-Tibet region has left numerous foreign nationals missing or killed, affecting tourists, pilgrims, and workers. • The NTB reports a wide range of missing persons, including three citizens each from Belgium and Spain, and two each from Italy, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Ireland, and the Netherlands. • Additionally, 10 other individuals are missing, with one person each from Belarus, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, the Philippines, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Serbia, and Sweden.

• A catastrophic glacial collapse triggered massive flash floods in the Nepal-Tibet mountainous region, killing at least 356 people and sweeping away entire villages. • Nearly 1,400 individuals remain missing, the majority of whom are tourists, trekkers, and pilgrims visiting the popular high-altitude area. • The disaster has caused severe infrastructure failure, leaving the region without electricity after critical hydroelectric facilities were destroyed.

More than 1,300 people are missing in Nepal and in Tibet after catastrophic flash floods swept through the region, killing at least 469. Plus: Six months of the war in IranDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet after a pause when a lake at the border began to overflow. The lake was formed when a wall of mud and debris hit the hub of Gyirong in Tibet on Wednesday, causing catastrophic flash floods that thundered down valleys and obliterated villages.What could have caused this deadly flash floods? Satellite imagery suggests a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas was the primary cause, raising concerns that the climate crisis is destabilizing the geology of mountain and polar regions.This is a developing story. Follow our live coverage here.What did Kennedy purportedly lie about? A Guardian analysis of newly obtained documents found that the US health secretary had lied when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines”. Continue reading...

Lake has formed at epicentre of flood, forcing rescue teams to withdraw, Chinese state media reportNepal flash flood – latest updatesNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?China has paused rescue work at the epicentre of the catastrophic flooding in Tibet this week amid fears that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠was ⁠at risk ​of ‌bursting, as the overall death toll in Nepal rose to 469 people, with more than 1,300 missing.A lake formed by immense piles of debris has begun overflowing towards the area where rescue teams were headed, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday. Continue reading...

The catastrophic flash flood has killed at least 389 people and left more than 1,300 missing, with hundreds of tourists unaccounted forNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Chinese authorities have warned that an artificial lake formed after a catastrophic flash flood hit the China-Nepal border on Wednesday faces a “high risk of breaching and sending flood waters downstream”, according to state media.“According to forecasts, inflows into the lake could reach about 3 million cubic meters over the next three days amid continued rainfall, increasing the risk of a breach that could send flood waters downstream and potentially cause further damage in areas including Gyirong Port and elsewhere downstream”, state news agency Xinhua reported late Thursday.Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border after a huge torrent of water and mud swept through communities following a glacier collapse on Wednesday.More than 390 people were killed, authorities in Nepal and China said, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreign citizens and pilgrims.More than 500 foreign citizens were among 826 people missing in Nepal, police and tourism ⁠officials said. Among those unaccounted for were 177 from India, 90 from the US, 34 from Australia, 33 from Britain and 25 from Canada.Chinese state media said at least 558 were missing on the Tibet side of the border, of whom at least 260 were foreign nationals.UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said he ordered the release of $2m from the UN’s central emergency response fund to help with medical care, shelter and water.US president Donald Trump said the flooding was terrible to see, describing how “strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks”.Nepalese officials said dozens of bridges were destroyed and nearly 40km of roads damaged, complicating search efforts.The Nepalese army had rescued more than 100 people by helicopter, an army spokesperson said. Army teams also evacuated people trapped inside facilities linked to the Trishuli hydropower project, he said.Dozens of injured people were transported to Kathmandu for medical care.Rescuers found bodies in Nepal’s Chitwan district, hundreds of kilometres downstream from the hardest-hit areas.The Nepal Red Cross Society said the agency has shifted its focus from rescue to large-scale relief operations in the flood-hit districts.China’s premier, Li Qiang, arrived on Thursday in Gyirong to direct rescue efforts, alongside 500 military and paramilitary personnel. Continue reading...

• Flash floods have devastated communities in Nepal near the Tibet border, resulting in more than 150 deaths. • The disaster caused widespread destruction across the region, triggering large-scale emergency rescue operations to locate survivors. • This event highlights the extreme vulnerability of border communities to sudden climate-driven weather events and geological instability.