Nepal flood death toll rises to 633, nearly 3,000 missing

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region

Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster ‘The flood took everything I have’: survivors grieve for relatives and homes swept away in Nepal Chinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead The risk of a

Home Asia / Pacific Live Asia / Pacific Issued on: 29/08/2026 - 07:06Modified: 29/08/2026 - 08:23 By: A man stands in front of damaged buildings after flash floods and a mudslide, in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026. © Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters Rescuers in Nepal and China's autonomous region of

Rescuers urged to rush to safety amid fears large dam created by debris-choked rivers might have burst

Nepal-Tibet disaster death toll reaches 584 with 2,482 missing; India says 320 nationals uncontactable in Nepal.NEW DELHI: At least 584 people were dead and 2,482 missing across Nepal and Tibet by Friday evening after the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli disaster, with Nepal accounting for 579 deaths and 1,924 missing and Tibet re

Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far and some of the dead swept downstream as far away as India.

Whole villages were swept away after a glacial collapse sent a 600ft surging wall of mud, rock and ice along the Himalayan border between Nepal and Tibet

Nepal flood death toll rises to 579, nearly 2,000 still missing: disaster authority  Dawn

Rescuers are racing to find survivors before more potential flooding occurs.

Videos of the disaster, which tore through the border area between Tibet and Nepal, have been removed from social media by China’s censors.

Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet. Hundreds of foreign tourists are missing.