Nearly 1,500 missing in Nepal and Tibet after devastating Himalaya flood

Police said they expected the death toll to rise beyond 165 4 MIN(s) UPDATED 4 MIN(s) Reuters A security force member and his sniffer dog search for survivors following devastating floods, in Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 27, 2026. REUTERS Nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners are missing across Nepal and China's Tibet, authorities said on Thursday, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys.Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters to search for survivors and drop emergency supplies to thousands cut off after Wednesday's disaster swept a rugged mountainous region thronged by trekkers and pilgrims linking Lhasa in Tibet with the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. Police said they expected the death