Nepal flood death toll rises
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Authorities have confirmed the safety of another Australian in Nepal following devastating floods, bringing the total number of safe Aussies to eight.
At least 160 killed after a Himalayan glacier collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border.
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
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
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.
China finds itself fighting an information war over its strategic interests in the Himalayas after last month’s devastating flash floods on the Nepal - Tibet border put a spotlight on a major hydropower megaproject near India —over 600 miles away and still shrouded in secrecy.
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.