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Nepal-Tibet floods: warning signs visible before glacier collapse, report says, as death toll passes 1,000 – latest updates 1 September 2026 at 16:25

Nepal-Tibet floods: warning signs visible before glacier collapse, report says, as death toll passes 1,000 – latest updates

By: Yohannes Lowe (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

1 September 2026 at 16:25

Scientists say better early-warning system could have saved lives, as rescue efforts for the 4,500 still missing continue

Nepal last week turned down foreign involvement in general search and rescue but said it needed specialised services and advanced technological support in areas such as life-detecting machines, large refrigerators and pre-fabricated bridges.

Aid worth more than $42m has poured into the country and Nepal is now working with experts from other countries to help with rescue operations.

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The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire 1 September 2026 at 08:00

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire

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By: Bill McGuire

1 September 2026 at 08:00

In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperatures surge and climate breakdown accelerates, interactions between climate and geology are becoming ever more apparent – as marked by last week’s horrific events in Nepal and Tibet. We still have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the idea that a changing climate can impact what scientists call the geosphere, but the evidence has long been incontestable.

In 2021, a similar deluge ripped through a series of mountain valleys in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, severely damaging two hydroelectric power plants and taking about 200 lives. In August 2025, a colossal landslide in an Alaskan fjord created a 500-metre-high wave in an area frequented by cruise ships. A few months earlier, the collapse of part of a glacier in Switzerland’s Valais canton caused a debris-laden torrent that destroyed and buried most of the already evacuated village of Blatten.

Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL. His latest book is The Fate of the World – a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

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Grand Canyon flash flood leaves 2 dead, others missing 1 September 2026 at 01:51

Grand Canyon flash flood leaves 2 dead, others missing

PBS News Hour - The Latest

By: Ali Rogin · Solveig Rennan Sandbulte

1 September 2026 at 01:51

Search and rescue teams have recovered two bodies following this weekend's flash floods in the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service says more than a dozen other people remain missing. Lodges and hotels are closed inside the park and more rain and flooding are possible. Ali Rogin reports.

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