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Nepal glacier collapse caught on camera: How 20-km debris flow reached Gyirong Port

A tourist filming the mountainous landscape in Gyirong County in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region accidentally captured what experts believe was the high-altitude glacier collapse that triggered the deadly mudslide at Gyirong Port on the Nepal-China border. According to a...

Tibet flood videos, survivors’ pleas vanish online as China censors tragedy

A horrifying video showing a wall of floodwater sweeping through Gyirong Port on the Tibet-Nepal border has become a rare visual record of the scale of destruction in China-controlled Tibet. The footage showed hundreds of people running for safety...

Nepal floods: Toll rises to 616 as heavy rain halts rescue ops, morgues run out of space

Authorities have recovered 616 bodies as the death toll of the August 26 flash flood in Rasuwa district of Nepal continues to rise, while 2301 people were injured and rescued, Nepal Police said.

Dearth of space in morgues as death toll continues to rise after Nepal-Tibet flash flood

The Bhotekoshi flood swept bodies downstream across Nepal, overwhelming nationwide morgues. Authorities set up temporary storage facilities in Chitwan and Pokhara, photographing, fingerprinting, and collecting DNA from recovered victims to help families identify and claim their missing relatives amid...

Flood fury: 584 dead as Nepal, China race to save lives

Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. A glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed...

Expert Group to advance discussions on “early and substantial harvest” of India-China boundary delimitation: MEA

The Expert Group on Boundary Delimitation and Working Group on Border Management will respectively advance discussions on an Early and Substantial Harvest of boundary delimitation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, stating that this was among eight...

Third consignment of 10 tonnes of relief materials departs for flood-hit Nepal; India sends 57.5 tonnes in total

India on Friday sent a third consignment of 10 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to flood-hit Nepal, taking the total relief material dispatched by New Delhi so far to 57.5 tonnes, as India stepped up support for ongoing rescue and...

Nepal flood death toll rises to 579; missing count surges to 1,924 as rescue ops continue

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose sharply on Friday, increasing by 41 within a few hours to reach 579. The number of people missing has also climbed to 1,924.

Nepal flash floods: Actor Ankur Ratan says they crossed the area hours before the tragedy

Actor Ankur Ratan, known for his roles in “Mai” and “Inside Edge”, says he and his group had crossed Rasuwa, a Himalayan district in Nepal, half a day before the flash flood struck the region. Ratan, in Nepal for...

India, China to see how best to activate 8-point consensus from 25th SR talks on boundary question: MEA

India and China will now work out how best to implement an eight-point consensus reached during the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the boundary question, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.