# ‘Extremely risky operations’: Rescuers work amid threat of river banks bursting

https://mins.news/en/video/36953

- France 24 English, 2026-08-29 15:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMGrR1bXb8

> Nearly 3,000 people were still missing Saturday and 682 deaths had been confirmed after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescuers face added danger from an upstream lake formed by the floods that could burst its banks.

## Stories

- [Nepal Tibet Himalayan Flood Disaster](https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/nepal-tibet-himalayan-flood-disaster.md

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