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Nepal-China flood disaster: What’s the latest toll, how many are missing? - Al Jazeera
WorldBy Al Jazeera Staff8/30/20261 min read
Over 3,000 people remain missing days after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods near China-Nepal border.
✨ Key Highlights
- The death toll from catastrophic floods near the Nepal-China border has surpassed 900, with rescue teams still searching for thousands of missing people days after Wednesday's disaster.
- Authorities from Nepal and China's Tibet region estimate more than 3,000 people are missing in total, with some bodies washing up in neighbouring India.
- The flooding and landslides were triggered by a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas near the Nepal-Tibet border, burying villages and towns along the Trishuli and Bhotekoshi river systems.
- Around 933 workers remain missing or unaccounted for at 11 hydropower project sites and tunnels in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, according to the Independent Power Producers' Association, including citizens of Nepal, India, South Korea and China.
- Search operations were temporarily halted on Friday over fears of a second flood from a new debris-formed lake, but resumed after officials deemed the threat manageable while continuing to monitor it via satellites, radars and drones.
- Chinese authorities are watching a barrier lake about one kilometre upstream near the port of Gyirong and say they could give rescuers roughly 30 minutes' warning if conditions worsen.
The death toll from devastating floods near the border between Nepal and China has risen to at least 734, with thousands missing following Wednesdays disaster.
Rescue efforts are under way to locate