Nepal, Tibet and Death toll
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(Corrects "104 Indians, 49 Nepali citizens" in paragraph 8 to "104 Nepali citizens, 49 Indians") By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after sections were washed away by catastrophic flooding,
Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.
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By Gopal Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh, Ethan Wang and Liz Lee KATHMANDU/BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hopes of finding more survivors among thousands still missing in Nepal were fading on Wednesday, but authorities believed that dozens of workers trapped in the tunnels of hydropower projects hit by the Himalayan catastrophe could still be alive.
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.
Exiled Tibetans and advocacy groups have accused China of heavily underreporting the death toll from devastating flooding in border regions with Nepal, claims Beijing rejected as "malicious
Since the disaster on August 26, coverage of news from the region – highly sensitive for Chinese authorities – has been limited to information released by Beijing, which focuses on rescue operations.
NUWAKOT, Nepal — Two days after waves nearly 30-feet high gushed down a river between Tibet and Nepal, wiping away communities for miles downstream, the death toll Saturday had risen to more than 670 people, according to the Associated Press.
BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after it was torn apart by catastrophic flooding, allowing heavy machinery to reach the core disaster zone for the first time.
Videos of the disaster, which tore through the border area between Tibet and Nepal, have been removed from social media by China’s censors.
China has released limited details from Tibet after the August 26 flood. Tibetan groups say the destruction may be much greater than reported.
Rights groups accuse China of intensifying censorship in Tibet after devastating mudslide on Nepal border - Rights groups say China has withheld information that could reveal intensity of devastation