Threat of lake burst after glacial collapse near Nepal-Tibet disaster site eases

Authorities are monitoring conditions to warn rescue operations downstream if needed

Satellite images suggest that water in the lake has been slowly flowing through, decreasing the reservoir gradually, reported Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, citing the Water Resources Ministry.

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. On Saturday morning, engineers and workers started clearing away mud and debris using excavators and heavy earth-moving machinery in an effort to reopen t

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

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

A flash flood in Nepal killed at least 579 and has left at least 1,900 missing as authorities rescue and care for survivors and identify the dead.

The disaster that struck the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border region was initially reported to have been caused by an earthquake.

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

More than 1,300 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by glacial collapse  AP News

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority in Nepal says 826 people were missing and the death toll from the country’s flash floods rose to 165

Officials in Nepal earlier said 826 people, including some 341 foreigners, are missing after the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods.

At least 53 Ukrainians are missing after catastrophic floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 165 people and left more than 1,000 unaccounted for. The US Geological Survey says a glacial collapse triggered the disaster, while experts warn an upstream blockage could cause a second flood.

The floods, which killed at least 100 with thousands more missing on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border, are among the deadliest in recent memory.

China's Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed.