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Nepal's death toll from a devastating flash flood one week ago stands at 1,114 Wednesday, with 3,916 still missing, authorities said Wednesday.
A glacier collapsed at 8:37am, but Nepal’s disaster alert went out only at 9:15am, exposing critical gaps in monitoring, communication and cross-border warning systems.
Video shows rescue workers using cable cars and ziplines to ferry stranded citizens across flooded rivers in Nepal after the deadly mudslide.
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More than 1, 000 people have died and thousands are missing, with communities relying on airlifted supplies.
A week on from devastating flash floods in the Himalayas that killed more than 1,200 people and left more than 4,000 missing, search and rescue operations continue. On August 26, a torrent of water, mud and rocks swept through communities in Nepal and China’s autonomous Tibet region after a glacial collapse,
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off a grant to a long-running program that aimed to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Nepal. Just over a year later, more than 1,100 people perished when a huge glacier and rock landslide high in the Himalayas triggered fast-moving floodwaters that struck Nepal and China.
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