# Watch: Why rescuers fear new barrier lake could cause another Nepal-Tibet flood

https://mins.news/en/item/35553

- BBC News, 2026-08-28 10:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cj06j16vpr5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> China has warned of a “high risk” that a lake formed by a recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border could burst its banks and send a second flood downstream. The warning follows a deadly flash flood in the same area on Wednesday, which scientists say was triggered by a mountain glacier collapsing into a river.

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