📸 In pictures: Families look for missing people in Nepal
Lists of missing persons, accompanied by photographs, are posted on the streets of Kathmandu. © AFP
A relative consoles Jenisha, center, as she cries while waiting for the news of her father missing after flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on August 28, 2026. © Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP
🎥 Army rescues hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnel
🎥 Around 93,000 people affected, according to the Red Cross
The death toll continues to rise in the Nepal and Tibet floods as the situation remains fast-moving.
The Red Cross says around 93,000 people have been affected. International aid is arriving from several countries, but rescue efforts have been hampered by the difficulty of coordinating operations in the remote Himalayan terrain.
The epicentre of the disaster was only reached 48 hours after the floods began.
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🎥 Army rescues hundreds trapped in tunnel as flood risk reignites
Nepal floods trauma ‘enormous’, Red Cross says
The level of trauma cascading from the Nepal flash floods is “enormous”, the Red Cross said, with early estimates suggesting 93,000 people may have been affected.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world’s largest humanitarian network, fears the death toll from Wednesday’s disaster, already above 500, will continue to rise.
“Due to roads and bridges having been washed out and both cell coverage and electricity cuts, we have not yet been able to access some of the hardest-hit areas,” said David Fisher, the IFRC head of delegation for Nepal.
“The trauma of this event is enormous,” he told a press conference in Geneva, speaking from Kathmandu.
Nepal flood death toll rises to 552
India says around 320 Indians still missing after Nepal flood
Around 320 Indian nationals are still missing in the aftermath of a devastating flash flood that struck areas near the Nepal-Tibet border this week, a spokesperson for India’s foreign ministry said.
At least 400 Indian nationals were stranded but safe on the Chinese side while another 96 had crossed into Nepal by land, the spokesperson added.
Rescuers reach Tibet mudslide epicentre, Chinese state media says
Rescuers in Tibet reached the main area wiped out by a devastating mudslide this week, Chinese state media reported, as the search for hundreds of missing people battled treacherous conditions.
“At approximately 4:30pm (0830 GMT) on 28 August, six members of the first response team from the Fire and Rescue Corps of Tibet and 15 members and one dog from the first response team of the Fire and Rescue Corps of Sichuan arrived at the border area … They are the first professional teams to reach the core rescue site,” state news agency Xinhua reported.
🎥 ‘Very challenging’ for survivors who have lost their homes and their families
While Nepal has considerable experience responding to natural disasters, the scale of the present devastation exposes a deeper challenge, placing greater emphasis on preparedness.
The immediate priorities are clear: finding those still missing and providing survivors with drinking water, food, shelter, clothing and medicine. But recovery cannot end there. Ultimately, they will need to rebuild confidence and entire communities. Given the scale of the destruction, that process could take years.
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 538, disaster authority says
Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region this week have killed at least 538 people, Nepal’s disaster authority said.
Chinese state media earlier confirmed five dead following Wednesday’s disaster, taking the total killed to at least 543. More than 1,400 people are missing, including hundreds of foreigners.
Nepal monitoring two lakes, flood risk to remain until they’re fully drained, official says
Nepal is monitoring two lakes upstream of the flood zone, one of which began overflowing, an official with Nepal’s Disaster Management Authority said.
Flood risks will remain until the two lakes have fully drained, the official added.
Nepalese authorities are relying on satellite imagery to track conditions, though monitoring is limited by the availability of images, the official said. Nepal plans to install cameras and sensors downstream, including near the border town of Timure, and is assessing deployment options by helicopter, he said.
117 tourists rescued, Nepal tourism ministry says
🎥 Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres.
Scientists are still piecing together the exact sequence of events, while authorities warn the disaster may not be over as a newly formed lake upstream has started to overflow.
🎥 In Tibet and Nepal, ‘the most pressing fear is that the death toll could rise’
At least 474 people have been killed and more than 1,500 remain missing after devastating flash floods hit the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, where over 3,250 people have already been evacuated by helicopter.
As rescuers race to find survivors, one of the biggest fears is that the death toll will continue to rise, with authorities also warning that an overflowing lake upstream could trigger more flooding.
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China’s CCTV says dammed lake risks ‘manageable’, downstream rescue efforts resume
Downstream rescue operations in China had resumed following a brief halt, after flood risks from an overflowing barrier lake on the Nepal-Tibet border were deemed “manageable”, China’s state broadcaster said.
🎥 Countries step up aid for Nepal flood disaster
Countries including South Korea, India, China, the UK and the EU are ramping up rescue efforts and humanitarian aid after the devastating Nepal-China floods, with hundreds of foreign nationals still missing.
Relief operations remain difficult in the Himalayan terrain, while authorities warn that a lake formed by the disaster could burst and trigger a second wave of flooding.