Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China disaster nears 3,000

In a breakthrough late Saturday (Aug 29), the Nepali army was able to insert a pipe into a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site where workers are believed to be trapped.

Rescuers in Nepal and China were battling yesterday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing entire villages. Figures from both countries put the number of missing close to 3,000, with 633 bodies recovered — and report

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said some 2,426 people are still missing.

Rescuers in Nepal and China are searching for nearly 3,000 people missing after a glacial collapse triggered devastating floods and mudslides.

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

Rescuers claw through mud as Nepal, China flood missing toll nears 3,000  Dawn

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Fifty-five Malaysians remain uncontactable following the floods and landslides that struck...

Heavy rain is complicating an already difficult rescue effort, as hundreds remain missing three days after deadly flash floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border region.

Satellite images suggest that water in the lake has been slowly flowing through, ​decreasing the reservoir gradually

Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal border disaster site wanes  Reuters

Chinese rescuers continued searching for survivors from this week’s devastating floods along the border with Nepal as the operation passed a critical 72-hour window. Two villagers near the Gyirong border checkpoint were rescued from the rubble at around 1am on Saturday, according to Tibet’s emergency bureau. But at the

Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China ra

Rescuers Retrieve Flood Survivors Caked In Mud As Death Toll In Nepal-China Border Disaster Climbs  HuffPost

The floods have killed 579 in Nepal, the country’s disaster-management authority said Friday

Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing.

Figures are now at nearly 600 people dead and almost 2,500 missing, including five New Zealanders.

Rescuers on the Nepal-China border are pulling out flood survivors caked in dark brown mud while helicopters lift stranded people to safety

Rescuers retrieve flood survivors caked in mud as death toll in Nepal-China border disaster climbs  AP News

Two days after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, the desperate search continues for survivors, with rescuers crawling through mud to reach those still trapped. It comes amid a new threat of rainfall that could breach a dammed lake. NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Nepal.

A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side.