Daughter traces mother and aunt’s last known location in Nepal through TikTok video

29 August 2026 at 20:01

Tulshi Patel says mother Hemangini Jitendra Patel and aunt Hema Sunil Amin were last seen at Friendship Bridge on Nepal-China border

• Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates

The daughter of a woman missing in Nepal has told how she traced her mother’s location through a TikTok video posted hours before the devastating flash flood hit.

The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and sweeping away entire villages, have killed at least 675 people, while more than 3,000 remain missing.

‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital

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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu

29 August 2026 at 17:11

Family members pin photos of Nepal’s missing to hospital wall as people try not to give up hope on loved ones

Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates

Posters of missing people line the wall of the hospital, the glue still fresh beneath. A schoolgirl smiling in her uniform; a beaming, chubby-cheeked baby; a couple smiling on their wedding day; a young man, hands on hips, atop a mountain peak; a young girl with flowing hair, peeking out from behind a door.

These faces are just a fraction of the thousands who have not been seen since deadly flash floods coursed through the Himalayas and wiped away entire villages. By Saturday morning, the toll of the missing had risen to almost 3,000, in both Nepal and Tibet.

‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital

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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu

29 August 2026 at 17:11

Family members pin photos of Nepal’s missing to hospital wall as people try not to give up hope on loved ones

Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates

Posters of missing people line the wall of the hospital, the glue still fresh beneath. A schoolgirl smiling in her uniform; a beaming, chubby-cheeked baby; a couple smiling on their wedding day; a young man, hands on hips, atop a mountain peak; a young girl with flowing hair, peaking out from behind a door.

These faces are just a fraction of the thousands who have not been seen since deadly flash floods coursed through the Himalayas and wiped away entire villages. By Saturday morning, the toll of the missing had risen to almost 3,000, in both Nepal and Tibet.

Number of missing in Nepal and Tibet rises to 3,000 as bad weather hampers search

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By: Donna Ferguson and agencies

30 August 2026 at 04:25

Nepal requests foreign ⁠help in identification and storing of bodies, DNA testing and rescuing people from tunnels

Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China continued.

The combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 691 dead and more than 3,000 people missing after China’s latest update on Sunday. Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, while Nepal’s disaster agency said late Saturday that the death toll had climbed to 675 with 2,498 people missing.

Catastrophic Flood Exposes the Risks of Nepal’s Hydropower Bet

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By: Alex Travelli

29 August 2026 at 12:23

The loss of power-generating capacity has raised questions about an ambitious expansion of renewable energy in one of the world’s most hazard-prone mountain regions.

A catastrophic deluge of ice and debris knocked out over 12 percent of Nepal’s hydropower capacity within minutes, striking a heavy blow to the nation’s economic engine.

Search Continues for 2,400 Missing in Nepal Floods Amid ‘Immense’ Devastation

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By: Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal

29 August 2026 at 13:12

As rescue efforts entered their fourth day, the scale of destruction came into focus, signaling a daunting recovery for the vulnerable nation.

Damaged buildings in Devighat, a town in the Nuwakot district of Nepal that was devastated by Wednesday’s flash flood, on Friday.

Nepal-Tibet floods: Nepal calls for technical support for rescue efforts as number of missing rises to nearly 3,000 – latest updates

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By: Taz Ali (now) and Wendy Frew (earlier)

29 August 2026 at 17:27

Nepali government says India and China are sending expert tunnel rescue teams, as minister estimates cost of rebuilding could be billions of dollars

Outside the army camp in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, people run their fingers down the sheets of paper pinned to the wall, scanning the growing list of those reported missing for news of loved ones. Nepali authorities said nearly 3,000 people are missing, while China reported more than 550 people unaccounted for.

Nepal’s foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has appealed for international support to help rebuild the country after the floods, saying reconstruction efforts could run into “billions of dollars” AFP reports.

Nepal-Tibet floods: Nepal calls for technical support for rescue efforts as number of missing rises to nearly 3,000 – as it happened

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By: Keely Aouga (now) · Nadeem Badshah, Taz Ali and Wendy Frew (earlier)

30 August 2026 at 01:27

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Outside the army camp in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, people run their fingers down the sheets of paper pinned to the wall, scanning the growing list of those reported missing for news of loved ones. Nepali authorities said nearly 3,000 people are missing, while China reported more than 550 people unaccounted for.

Nepal’s foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has appealed for international support to help rebuild the country after the floods, saying reconstruction efforts could run into “billions of dollars” AFP reports.

Devastating scale of Himalayan floods comes into focus as rescuers arrive

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By: Stephanie Sy · Eliot Barnhart

29 August 2026 at 01:55

Three days after a catastrophic wall of water, mud and rock tore through Nepal's Himalayan valleys, the scale of the disaster is still coming into focus. At least 579 people are now confirmed dead, nearly 2,000 remain missing, and the danger is not over. Authorities are closely watching lakes formed in the wake of the glacier collapse, amid fears of further flooding. Stephanie Sy reports.

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By: Martin Rowson

28 August 2026 at 19:39

At least 93,000 ‘in great need’ after Nepal-Tibet flash floods, says Red Cross

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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bidur · Sam Jones and agencies

28 August 2026 at 18:55

Federation says it fears death toll of nearly 600 will continue to rise as rescuers reach cut-off areas

The Red Cross has said at least 93,000 people may have been affected by Wednesday’s flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, which have killed nearly 600 people, left another 1,900 missing, and triggered a huge rescue operation that is being hampered by fears of new flooding.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world’s largest humanitarian network, said it feared the death toll would continue to rise as some of the hardest-hit areas remained inaccessible after roads and bridges were destroyed by the torrents.

On the ground in Nepal after deadly flash floods – video

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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen · Ahmer Khan · Mathilde Poncet and Augusta Anthony

28 August 2026 at 17:28

South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis‑Petersen is on the ground in Bidur, one of the most devastated towns in Nepal, after the deadly flash floods that struck on Wednesday morning. Most homes were completely washed away when a tide of mud, rocks and debris flooded the river valley. Those who survived describe clinging on to buildings and trees as the water rushed over them

Chinese control of information hampers assessment of Tibet flood damage

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By: Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

28 August 2026 at 17:25

Scale of devastation emerges in Nepal as reporters reach disaster area, but Chinese state media focus more on rescue efforts

Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates

In the days since an enormous glacier in the Himalayas snapped away from a mountaintop and cascaded into the valley below, the true scale of the devastation caused by the flash floods in Nepal and Tibet is still unfolding.

But the picture is emerging far more quickly in Nepal than in China, where strict controls on the flow of information from one of its most sensitive regions are hampering the public’s understanding of events.

Families of 33 missing Britons rush to Nepal as fears grow of more floods

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By: Rachel Hall and Nadeem Badshah

28 August 2026 at 18:44

Desperate relatives trying to reach loved ones last seen in area where entire villages have been swept away

Families are rushing to Nepal to search for the 33 British nationals who are still missing, as fears mount over the risk of a second wave of flooding in the region.

The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and sweeping away entire villages, have killed at least 538 people, while more than 1,500 remain missing.

Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya

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By: Sunil Acharya

28 August 2026 at 13:56

Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states

Sunil Acharya is an international climate policy and just transition specialist based in Kathmandu, Nepal

As a Nepali citizen working on international climate policy for more than a decade, it is difficult to look at the harrowing images coming out of the catastrophic flash flood that thundered down valleys in Nepal, sweeping down the Lhende Khola, Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, and not feel angry.

Not just because of the destruction, but because it comes after years of warnings from scientists and civil society that a rapidly warming planet would make disasters more frequent, more intense and harder to predict. This is what the cost of delaying global climate action looks like.

Sunil Acharya is an international climate policy and just transition specialist based in Kathmandu, Nepal

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Nepal-Tibet flood rescue efforts resume after being halted by overflowing lake

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By: Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bidur · Sam Jones and agencies

28 August 2026 at 13:17

Risk of fresh flooding had forced rescue teams to withdraw as residents rushed up hills to escape possible river surge

Rescuers searching for survivors of deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have resumed their efforts after suspending operations when a debris dam burst its bank on Friday, increasing the risk of fresh flooding.

Residents in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, on the border with Tibet, were seen rushing up hillsides ⁠on Friday to escape a possible surge in the river, ⁠according to witnesses. Fears of another flood came as authorities in Nepal and China said that at least 543 people had been killed in the disaster.

Search continues as number missing in Nepal-Tibet floods rises to 2,478 – as it happened

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By: Wendy Frew · Lucy Campbell, Keely Aouga, Nadeem Badshah, Tom Ambrose, Mabel Banfield-Nwachi, Taz Ali and Adam Fulton

29 August 2026 at 06:49

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More now on the Nepali army’s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by Wednesday’s flooding.

“Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel,” army spokesperson Raja Ram Basnet told AFP.

Relief efforts are also under way to provide the rescued people what they need.

The army is still working to safely evacuate more than 100 people trapped in the same tunnel.

How melting glaciers contributed to the flooding disaster in the Himalayas

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By: Geoff Bennett · Eliot Barnhart

28 August 2026 at 01:55

The scale of the disaster in the Himalayas is becoming clearer a day after catastrophic flooding tore through parts of Nepal and Tibet. Scientists believe the disaster was likely triggered by the collapse of a glacier, unleashing a torrent of water, mud and debris that swept away entire communities. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Dan Shugar of the waterSHED Lab at the University of Calgary.

Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief: ‘They All Died, and I Lived’

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By: Anupreeta Das and Atul Loke

28 August 2026 at 00:26

A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.

Residents waiting to be airlifted by helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal.

Speed of Nepal’s Flash Floods Likely Overwhelmed Warning System, Experts Say

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By: Leo Sands and Binod Ghimire

27 August 2026 at 19:52

Scientists and disaster response researchers said Nepal’s early flood warning system relied on a conventional network of river gauges in this remote region.

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