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

Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 324 foreign nationals had been rescued so far, while about 590 from 39 countries remained missing a week later.

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.

The death toll from the flash flood-devastated region of Nepal and Tibet has risen past 470, as rescue efforts continue on both sides of the Himalayan border. The prime minister’s office in Nepal reported on Friday that 469 people were confirmed killed with 977 missing.

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

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.

Some family members of those unaccounted for have expressed frustration with what they see as paltry updates on the dead and missing. China says its information-sharing has been “transparent and timely.

After a glacial collapse triggered deadly flash floods that swept away entire settlements on the Nepal-Tibet border in August 2026, an old video showing chunks of ice breaking away from a glacier was shared in social media posts claiming it showed what triggered the disaster.