Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,100
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2 trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal
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Reopening road is a major breakthrough allowing ‘large numbers’ of heavy machines to reach site of destroyed Gyirong border crossing
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.
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Nepal-Tibet flood: China warns of more glacier collapses
Beijing: Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters similar to last week’s deadly flash flood at the Tibet-Nepal border,
Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 324 foreign nationals had been rescued so far, while about 590 from 39 countries remained missing a week later.
At least 1,287 people have died in Nepal and 21 in China after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods along the China-Nepal border.
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.
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.
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.
By Saurabh Sharma, Devjyot Ghoshal and Sarita Chaganti Singh KATHMANDU, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley
Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people after flash floods on the Nepal-China border