A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.

Authorities are monitoring conditions to warn rescue operations downstream if needed

Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilize high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as the Himalayan flood along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet, scientists say, while warning climate change may not be...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’26) – China has reported 7 deaths and, with it, 554 missing as a result of the tsunami-like flash flood of rocks, mud, ice, and water which hit the Kyirong area of Tibet in Shigatse City before it...

NUWAKOT, Nepal — The number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.Rescuers were battling through...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug29’26) – Giving up its insistence on a comprehensive resolution of the bilateral territorial dispute covering all the three Tibet-border sectors, India has accepted China’s proposal to discuss an early harvest deal to prioritise delimitation of the less...

Nepal could face a reconstruction bill of up to $5 billion after this week’s floods killed more than 600 people and left more than 2,000 unaccounted for across Nepal and Tibet. The disaster swept away bridges and roads, damaged...

The death toll from the flashfloods in Nepal rose to 675 on Saturday while nearly 2,400 people, including 287 Indians, remained missing even as an 11-member Army technical team from India began search and rescue operations to evacuate individuals...

The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 669 on Saturday, with bodies continuing to be recovered as search and rescue operations pressed ahead amid renewed rainfall, rising water levels and fears of further flooding in the...

Reported By Tamdin Tso and Kelsang Jinpa Translated By TenGyal edited by kelsang Jinpa The Chinese government reportedly aims to complete relocating Dechen (Deqen/Diqing) County to Yezhi Township in Weixi County by the end of the year. The Chinese...