WorldScientists are examining whether climate change played a role in Wednesday’s disaster in Nepal and seeking to determine what caused the catastrophe. As more severe weather has struck countries around the world in recent months, the programme asks what lessons Nepal and other disasters this year may offer.
Other1:07:09Sheryl Crow pays tribute to Dolly Parton. An urgent search for survivors continues after flooding in Nepal as the death toll rises, while a father-daughter duo helps fuel the Miami Dolphins.
ABC News
WorldDrone footage shared by the Guardian captures the moment a glacier collapsed, triggering deadly flash floods in Nepal. Rescue operations are under way, with fears that the casualty toll will continue to rise.
WorldNepalese and Chinese rescue teams are searching for survivors in difficult conditions after devastating floods struck on Wednesday. Some people are being airlifted from remote valleys, while blocked waterways are creating lakes that could burst their banks.
WorldNepali authorities have named nine Singaporeans reported missing after floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border. They were listed among tourists who could not be contacted, including 53-year-old Sumit Rawla and his 49-year-old wife, Shu-bak-shi Raw-la. They were travelling with Himalayan Glacier, while most of the group had been staying at Hotel Kai-lash near the Nepal-China border.
WorldThe scale of Nepal’s disaster remains impossible to fully assess. Entire communities are still hard to reach, tens of thousands have been affected and official evaluations are only beginning. The Nepal Red Cross delegation head says the challenge extends beyond the immediate humanitarian emergency to what happens to these communities in the years ahead.
WorldNepal’s confirmed death toll has reached at least 538, while families continue searching hospitals and disaster zones for nearly 1,000 people still missing. More than 3,700 have been rescued, but damaged roads and bridges, along with deep mud, are hampering the search.
World3:22About 500 people are sheltering at a monastery converted into a relief camp in northern Kathmandu after devastating floods left many families mourning lost homes and loved ones. Rescue teams are continuing an overnight search for nearly 1,000 missing people.
World8:14Nepal’s national disaster agency said 579 people had died and 1,924 were missing, including 517 foreign nationals. Rescue operations have resumed in flood-devastated areas after a pause over fears that a barrier lake could trigger another deluge. China’s first professional rescue team reached the hardest-hit Gyirong port.
CNN
WorldState Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott discussed the deadly floods in Nepal, which have killed hundreds, and provided an update on rescue efforts. He confirmed that at least 90 Americans are missing.
Fox News
WorldA huge wave of mud and debris in Nepal has killed hundreds, while rescuers search for survivors in dangerous conditions. The report examines what happened and how the devastation unfolded.
BBC News
WorldForeign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and International Development Secretary of State Randeep Sarai are set to outline Canada’s response to flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border.
WorldRescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to find survivors and recover the bodies of hundreds missing after destructive flash floods on Wednesday. The death toll has risen to 538, while about 970 people remain unaccounted for.
WorldA lake created by debris from Wednesday’s glacial collapse has begun overflowing, Nepalese authorities say, creating a fresh flood risk for downstream areas.
WorldA devastating flood along the Nepal-China border has killed hundreds and left more than 1,500 people missing. Scientists say the disaster began when rock, ice and water collapsed high in the Himalayas into a river system below. A newly formed upstream lake is now raising fears of more flooding, while questions remain about climate change’s role and whether such disasters could become more common.
WorldNepal has turned down foreign offers to join ongoing rescue operations while appealing for financial support. Its foreign ministry says security forces can manage the searches and that specialised international expertise will be requested if necessary. India, the United States and Japan are offering assistance, while South Korea is negotiating to send a relief team already in the country.
WorldSearch and rescue efforts continue after the Nepal-Tibet disaster, while families on both sides of the border await news. Guan Dao Xuan, a 38-year-old Chinese national, says his wife has been unreachable since Wednesday. She worked for a Chinese infrastructure construction company in Nepal, and he arrived in Tibet on Thursday seeking answers.
WorldTwo lakes have formed on opposite sides of the Nepal-China border, with officials warning that the lake on the Tibetan side could still breach its banks. Chinese state media says rescuers have reached the mudslide’s epicentre, but about 1,000 people remain unaccounted for. Nepal’s death toll has risen to nearly 540, while China reports five deaths on its side.
WorldReuters journalists describe a state of panic in flood-hit Nepal, where buildings were inundated and people evacuated after new flood warnings.
Reuters
WorldAnya Ahuja says her aunt and uncle, Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, went missing while on a two-week pilgrimage in Nepal. She described the Dallas couple as the backbone of their family.
ABC News
WorldIn Nepal’s Nuwakot area, rescue workers were moving flood victims’ remains on August 28. A glacier collapse on August 26 unleashed catastrophic flooding; deaths reached 547 in Nepal and five in China, while nearly 1,000 people were missing across the two countries.
VOA Chinese
WorldScientists believe a partial glacier collapse unleashed a deadly wall of water that inundated villages and towns along the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescue teams are urgently searching for hundreds of people reported missing, while fears of additional flooding grow.
WorldThe death toll in the Nepal-Tibet disaster is nearing 500, with many people still missing. Rescue operations have resumed in the Himalayas as flood risks ease. Elsewhere, Typhoon Saudel hit eastern China twice, prompting evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands.
WorldA Port Moody, B.C., couple is missing after severe flash floods and mudslides struck along the Nepal-Tibet border. Dhaval and Megha Shah were touring the Timure region when ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering the disaster, and their family is urgently seeking help to locate them.
Global News