Nepal flood death toll rises
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Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a
At least 160 killed after a Himalayan glacier collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a glacial collapse caused the flash floods that swept through Nepal and Tibet in late August 2026, engulfing entire villages and killing hundreds. However, conspiracy theorists on social media quickly pinned the torrent on an Alaskan research project instead,
At least 160 people were killed when floods tore through a Himalayan river valley between Nepal and the Tibet region of China, the authorities said.
NUWAKOT, Nepal — Two days after waves nearly 30-feet high gushed down a river between Tibet and Nepal, wiping away communities for miles downstream, the death toll Saturday had risen to more than 670 people, according to the Associated Press.
Videos showed dozens of people swept away by a wall of mud, with escalating casualties and massive destruction. A number of American tourists are among the missing.
The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.
As rescuers scrambled to find survivors buried in the catastrophic flooding that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border in late August 2026, an AI-generated video was shared in posts falsely claiming