WorldNepal’s Army has deployed more than 9,200 personnel across Himalayan areas hit by last week’s flash floods. Crews are clearing debris, mud and boulders to reopen blocked roads, while anxious families await news of relatives. Around 4,500 people remain missing.
WorldThe UN says contact remains impossible with parts of Nepal’s hardest-hit areas after flash floods along the China-Nepal border last week. The death toll in both countries has passed 1,000, while officials say more than 4,400 people are still unaccounted for. The roundup includes satellite images of Syapru Besi before and after the flood and updates on rescue operations.
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SocietyAnup Rana, World Vision International Nepal’s field operations director, says the organization is addressing immediate food and hygiene needs among flood-affected people, particularly children. He also emphasizes mental health support and education for children traumatized by losing their homes.
WorldAfter recent flash floods in Nepal, the family of a missing Canadian man continues to hope he will be found. They say broadcasts showing rescues still under way days after the tragedy give them the strength to carry on.
WorldRescuers using a thermal drone found no signs of life while searching for three workers trapped in a flooded hydro tunnel in Nepal. Thick mud and sediment have filled 80% to 90% of the tunnel’s height.
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WorldNepal’s disaster agency says the death toll from devastating floods on the border with Tibet has passed 1,000. More than 3,900 people are missing, including over 600 workers believed trapped in mud-filled tunnels at hydropower sites along the Trishuli River. A rescue team entered one tunnel but pulled out after finding no-one.
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WorldCatastrophic flooding in Nepal and China has killed 1,019 people, with more than 4,400 still missing as rescue teams try to reach communities cut off by the disaster. The extent of damage on the Chinese side remains unclear because foreign journalists face tight restrictions on access to Tibet, one of China’s most restricted areas.
WorldNepal is burying dozens of bodies in several trenches after its disaster agency counted 1,003 deaths and 3,916 missing people, including 583 foreign nationals. China’s latest update reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, including 261 foreigners. Search crews worked through unstable ground and debris piles under difficult conditions.
WorldNepal’s deadly floods on the Tibet border have killed more than 1,000 people and left nearly 4,000 missing since August 26. Six days later, rescuers are searching hydropower tunnels along the Trishuli River for about 900 missing workers; authorities believe roughly 500 may be trapped underground.
WorldThe death toll from catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal has exceeded 1,000, authorities said, while searches continue for thousands of people still missing. Hundreds of survivors remain trapped near a hydroelectric plant.
WorldAbout 900 people working inside hydropower tunnels in Nepal are missing after devastating floods struck the China-Nepal border regions. Arnold Dix, a geologist, engineer and tunnel expert advising the rescue, describes the conditions underground and the steps rescuers are taking now.
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WorldNepal is temporarily placing hundreds of bodies in mass graves because mortuaries are overcrowded. DNA samples have been collected to help families identify the dead later. Last week’s flooding killed more than 1,000 people in Nepal and 16 in Tibet.
WorldOfficials say more than 1,000 people have died in Nepal and Tibet nearly a week after a glacier section collapsed, sending floods through Himalayan villages and towns. The toll covers both sides of the Nepal-China border, while more than 4,400 people remain missing.
WorldThousands of people remain unaccounted for after floods in the Himalayas, prompting families to search desperately for information. Anxious relatives have gathered at Kathmandu’s main government hospital to register details of their missing loved ones.
WorldRescue and relief operations are intensifying at a military barracks in Nepal. Helicopters are taking humanitarian supplies to devastated communities and evacuating injured people, while families anxiously await word about loved ones who remain missing.
WorldRescue efforts along the Nepal-Tibet border are intensifying as the window to find survivors narrows. More than 1,000 people have died in Nepal and China, while over 4,500 remain missing. Mona Sherpa, CARE Nepal’s country director, discusses the challenges facing rescuers.
WorldAbout 80 Americans remain missing after a catastrophic flood in Nepal, U.S. officials said. Families are gathering what they can while sorting through the remnants of a community left in ruins.
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WorldDrone video from Devighat village in Nepal shows damaged homes and shops, while thick mud still covers the roads. Residents have brought in heavy machinery to clear debris as clean-up work starts and rescue operations continue across the country after last week’s devastating floods.
WorldIn Nuwakot, one of the areas hardest hit north of Nepal’s capital, major landslide debris has blocked roads and delayed aid deliveries. Ambulances and trucks carrying food, medicine and other essentials are waiting to pass, while Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington is stuck on the blocked route.
WorldA severe mudslide struck the Nepal–China Tibet border, causing heavy casualties and leaving more than 1,000 people missing. Experts largely attribute it to a glacier collapse on Nepal’s side. The disaster has renewed concerns about climate change and the stability of the Himalayas, known as Asia’s “water tower.”
WorldDevastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed more than 1,000 people. Authorities have begun mass burials for unidentified bodies while awaiting claims from victims’ families, as rescuers work to reach hundreds of workers trapped inside hydropower tunnels.
WorldResidents returning to assess the damage said a turquoise house in Trishuli, Nepal, survived the devastating floods. An unprecedented surge of ice, rocks, mud and debris tore through the area, killing more than 900 people.
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WorldAid and rescue helicopters operating from Bidur Helipad are delivering supplies and evacuating people from communities cut off by flash floods. Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges and dug through the ruins of Himalayan hydropower projects to free nearly 300 trapped workers, almost a week after devastating floods tore through towns and valleys across the country.
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WorldLive footage from an army camp in Nepal’s Nuwakot district comes as authorities say the death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China has surpassed 1,000. Rescue teams are working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
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