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Climate change helped destabilize deadly Nepal slope collapse, scientists find
Decades of human-caused warming thinned glaciers and thawed permafrost deep within the Himalayas, very likely helping to destabilize the mountain slope that collapsed on August 26 and killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal, according to a scientific assessment released…
Study warns Himalayas nearing tipping point as glacier melt accelerates
The Himalayas are nearing a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than they did a decade ago, threatening water security for hundreds of millions of people as the region approaches "peak water" by mid-century, according to a study released this…
Woman pulled alive from buried home 10 days after Nepal floods
Rescue workers in Nepal pulled a 64-year-old woman alive from her home buried under mud and debris on Saturday, 10 days after catastrophic floods swept through the Himalayan nation, offering a rare moment of hope amid a disaster that has…
2 workers pulled alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after floods
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project on Friday, nine days after catastrophic flooding devastated the country's central river corridor, offering a rare moment of hope amid a disaster that has…
Nepal-China flood death toll passes 1,000 with thousands still missing
The combined death toll from catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border has exceeded 1,000, with more than 4,400 people still unaccounted for as rescue teams push into remote valleys devastated by a glacial collapse six days ago.
Nepal-China flood death toll hits 919 as tunnel rescue intensifies
Five days after a glacier on Mount Langtang Lirung fractured and sent a wall of ice, rock and mud surging through Himalayan valleys, the combined death toll across Nepal and China has reached 919, with nearly 4,800 people still unaccounted…
China says 261 foreigners from 23 nations missing after Himalayan mudslide
Chinese authorities on Sunday released the first nationality breakdown of foreign nationals missing on the Tibetan side of a border crossing with Nepal, four days after a glacier collapse unleashed catastrophic flooding across the Himalayan region that has killed hundreds…
Nepal asks Meta, TikTok to remove AI-generated flood content
As Nepal grapples with one of its deadliest natural disasters in recent memory, the government has turned its attention to a second crisis unfolding online: a flood of AI-generated videos, fraudulent donation schemes, and recycled footage from past disasters spreading…
Nepal reverses course, allows foreign rescue teams after deadly Himalayan flood
Nepal reversed its refusal to accept international search and rescue teams on Friday, bowing to diplomatic pressure from countries whose citizens remain missing after a devastating flash flood tore through the Himalayan border region three days earlier. The government approved…
Nepal-Tibet barrier lake overflows, raising fears of second catastrophic flood
Two days after a catastrophic glacier collapse sent a wall of ice, rock and mud through Himalayan valleys, killing more than 500 people, a newly formed barrier lake on the Nepal-China border began overflowing on Friday, August 28, raising fears…
Scientists say warming destabilized slopes before Nepal flood
Two days after a catastrophic glacier collapse on the north face of Langtang Lirung sent millions of metric tons of rock and ice crashing into valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, scientists said Thursday that decades of warming temperatures have destabilised…
Nepal flood death toll hits 579 as barrier lake threatens new destruction
Two days after a glacier collapsed above Nepal's northern border with Tibet, sending a wall of mud, rock and ice through Himalayan valleys, the death toll in Nepal has climbed to 579, with nearly 2,000 people still missing and a…
Nepal monitors growing lake that poses new flood threat
Rescue crews in Nepal have been extracting survivors by helicopter from valleys devastated by a catastrophic flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed past 500 and the government appealed Friday for…
Nepal declines foreign rescue teams despite hundreds missing after flash floods
Nepal's Foreign Ministry said Friday that it does not need international search-and-rescue assistance following the devastating flash floods that tore through its northern border region on Wednesday, even as hundreds of foreign nationals from more than 30 countries remain missing…
Nepal, China warn of second flood as barrier lakes risk bursting
Nepal and China issued urgent flood warnings on Thursday as two newly formed barrier lakes on either side of their Himalayan border threatened to burst, raising the prospect of a second catastrophe in a region still reeling from flash flooding…
Hundreds dead, over 1,300 missing as rescue teams scour Nepal and Tibet flood zone
A massive glacial collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning sent a wall of water, mud, and rock tearing through Himalayan communities, killing at least 350 people and leaving more than 1,300 missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists and…
Glacier collapse triggers deadly Nepal floods, hundreds missing
A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region Wednesday morning, killing at least 160 people and leaving more than 400 missing — including hundreds of foreign tourists — after a glacier collapse sent a massive wall of water,…
Nepal flash floods kill dozens, leave hundreds missing
A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region early Wednesday morning, killing at least 95 people and leaving nearly 400 others missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists, in one of the worst mountain disasters in recent Himalayan history.