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China warns of ‘major risk’ of glacier collapse as Tibet-Nepal death toll nears 1,000

China warned on Monday there was a “major risk” of further glacier collapses and landslides along the border with Nepal as the death toll from last week’s deadly mudslide rose to close to 1,000. The Ministry of Water Resources...

Nepal buries victims of Himalayan flooding as death toll climbs past 900

Nepal on Monday began mass burials for the hundreds of people killed in catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border last week, as authorities announced the death toll had climbed past 900 people. Officials in Nepal and neighbouring China...

Death toll rises to 903 in Nepal flash floods

The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 903 on Monday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 4,250 people still missing following the disaster, authorities said. Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as...

Nepal Flood Latest Live News: Over 900 Hydropower Workers Missing as Bhotekoshi River Swells; Rescue Teams Search Flooded Tunnels

Nepal Flood Latest Live News: Over 900 hydropower workers remain missing as rescuers search flooded tunnels amid devastating floods and landslides. The post Nepal Flood Latest Live News: Over 900 Hydropower Workers Missing as Bhotekoshi River Swells; Rescue Teams...

Five Japanese Tourists Missing After Nepal Floods

The tourists believed to be a family from Osaka are missing after crossing into Nepal from Tibet, with a driver sent to pick them up also unaccounted for. The post Five Japanese Tourists Missing After Nepal Floods first appeared...

Rescue efforts intensify after Nepal-Tibet flooding as deaths climb past 900

The death toll in the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet has climbed past 900 with more than 4,700 missing

Nepal Floods Expose Gaps In Data Sharing With China

China's President Xi Jinping has called for faster surveys of glaciers and glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau to prevent further disasters.

In Nepal-Tibet flood, it wasn’t just glacier that collapsed, Langtang Lirung mountainside broke off

With clearer satellite imagery, it has emerged that the Tibet-Nepal flood was not caused by a simple glacial collapse but by the collapse of a large section of the northern face of the 7,234-metre Langtang Lirung mountain in Nepal.

The Avalanche and the Silence

By Khedroob Thondup When a glacier avalanche struck Tibet recently, the devastation was immediate and profound. Entire communities were left in shock, families torn apart, and countless lives disrupted. Yet what stands out most is not the natural disaster...

The Living Flame of Tibet

OPINION While the Middle Way approach of seeking autonomy under Chinese sovereignty remains the official policy today, conditions can change in ways that would make independence a more viable cause so long as Tibetans do not allow the flame...