China warns of more glacier collapses
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Natural hazards researchers suspect that a landslide involving a glacier triggered the event, and they say more could happen because of human-caused climate change
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.
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, allowing heavy machinery to reach the main disaster zone for the first time.
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.
The death toll from catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border climbed to nearly 800 on Sunday as rescue crews pressed ahead with efforts to reach more than 100 workers believed to be trapped inside hydropower tunnels buried by mud,
More than 1,000 people have reportedly died and thousands remain missing following catastrophic flooding triggered by a glacier collapse in the Himalayan region.
A torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities this week after rock and a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan region.
The Nepali government's estimate for the missing remained at 3,916, the National Disaster Management Authority said in an update posted on social media at 9 a.m. local time.
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.
The death toll from the flash flood-devastated region of Nepal and Tibet has risen past 470, as rescue efforts continue on both sides of the Himalayan border. The prime minister’s office in Nepal reported on Friday that 469 people were confirmed killed with 977 missing.
Nepal wants climate compensation from major emitters for losses caused by climate change. Historical emissions data, however, puts India far below the United States and China.