Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll tops 500

NUWAKOT, Nepal: Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday (Aug 28) after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation.Wednesday's catastrophic flood caused by a glacier collapse killed 547 people in Nepal and five in China's Tibet, with almost 1,000 more missing in the two countries.A huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris cascaded through Himalayan mountain river systems after the collapse, and also led to the formation of a lake where water continued to collect and rise.OVERFLOW SPARKS FRESH PANICOn Friday, the lake's reservoir had topped 2.5 million cubic metres of water, up from the estimated 1.5 to 2 million cubic metres recorded a day earlier, before overflowing in