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Nepal-Tibet flash flood live updates: death toll has risen to 469, Nepal police say; 100 people trapped in hydropower tunnel, army says
Confirmed
In a post on Facebook , Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said that the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Police had been dispatched to the scene of the disaster “for rescue and relief operations. The Kathmandu Post summarized a Nepali-language explanation offered by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA): The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said a preliminary study, based on an analysis of Planet Labs satellite imagery, indicates that a debris-laden flood entered the Lhende river after a glacial-rock slide occurred along the Nepal-China border, about 20 kilometres northeast of the Rasuwagadhi border point.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that nearly 200 people had been rescued from the affected area, with search and rescue operations ongoing. Citing Nepal’s consul general in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Post said that “neither Nepali nor Chinese authorities had been able to establish contact with security personnel deployed along parts of the Nepal-China border.
Nepal’s mountain ranges lost nearly one-third of their ice in just the past three decades due to climate change, the United Nations reported in 2023. The Kathmandu Post reported that both Nepal and China were struggling to get accurate information in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
On the Tibetan side, Chinese state media said at least three people have been killed and 558 others are missing, though it’s not clear if these numbers overlap with the Nepali figures. While Xi didn’t mention it specifically, Nepali researchers have said a lack of timely information sharing about conditions on either side of the border may have contributed to the devastating impact.
China has paused a rescue operation due to the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet , where hundreds remain missing after the deadly mudslide in the border region.
What's confirmed
- In a post on Facebook , Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said that the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Police had been dispatched to the scene of the disaster “for rescue and relief operations.
- Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that nearly 200 people had been rescued from the affected area, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
- Nepal’s mountain ranges lost nearly one-third of their ice in just the past three decades due to climate change, the United Nations reported in 2023.
- On the Tibetan side, Chinese state media said at least three people have been killed and 558 others are missing, though it’s not clear if these numbers overlap with the Nepali figures.
- China has paused a rescue operation due to the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet , where hundreds remain missing after the deadly mudslide in the border region.
What's still developing
- China has paused a rescue operation due to the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet , where hundreds remain missing after the deadly mudslide in the border region.
- On the Tibetan side, Chinese state media said at least three people have been killed and 558 others are missing, though it’s not clear if these numbers overlap with the Nepali figures.
- Nepal’s mountain ranges lost nearly one-third of their ice in just the past three decades due to climate change, the United Nations reported in 2023.
- The Kathmandu Post summarized a Nepali-language explanation offered by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA): The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said a…
- The Kathmandu Post reported that both Nepal and China were struggling to get accurate information in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
- Citing Nepal’s consul general in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Post said that “neither Nepali nor Chinese authorities had been able to establish contact with security personnel deployed along parts of the…
- Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that nearly 200 people had been rescued from the affected area, with search and rescue operations ongoing.
- While Xi didn’t mention it specifically, Nepali researchers have said a lack of timely information sharing about conditions on either side of the border may have contributed to the devastating impact.