Permafrost collapse triggered devastating flood at Tibet-Nepal border, no info sharing

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Eleven people are missing and 350 displaced on the Tibetan side while at least nine have died and 19 remain missing in Nepal after flash floods hit Gyirong (Tibetan: Kyirong or Kyidrong) Port area on Jul 8 early morning, sweeping away the Friendship Bridge between the two sides and destroying hydropower dams downstream, according to official Chinese and Nepali media reports over Jul 8-9.

The water level of the Donglin Tsangpo river in Gyirong surged that morning, destroying the Rasuwa Bridge (Friendship Bridge) at the Gyirong Port. As a result, 11 people remain missing, including nine construction workers and two road maintenance workers, reported China’s official

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