# Nepal-China floods: Death toll climbs amid new flood risk

https://mins.news/en/item/35244

- DW, 2026-08-28 06:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/nepal-china-floods-death-toll-climbs-amid-new-flood-risk/a-78539559?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The death toll from the Himalayan flash flood has risen to 469, with more than 1,000 people still missing. Chinese authorities warn that a debris-formed barrier lake could unleash a second flood wave. An engineering team is surveying the lake and considering a drainage channel as continuing rain threatens to destabilize the area.

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