BIZARRE: 16 - What They Never Told You

Nepal toll 955; 4471 missing even as tunnel searchers push deeper

At least 955 people were dead in flash floods and 4,471 missing across Nepal and Tibet by Monday evening — 639 of Nepal’s 3,925 missing people being linked to hydropower projects.

The Times of India · Aug 31

Nepal floods: Bank vaults full of cash washed away; police struggle to secure them

DEHRADUN: Apart from searching for hundreds of people missing in the flash floods, Nepal’s police are facing another daunting task of tracing and securing missing vaults of at least 20 banks washed away in the deluge and preventing them from falling into the wrong hands. Some of these vaults contain…

The Times of India · Aug 31

Fugitive property developer won’t give evidence this week to Icac – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 31

Nepal floods: Hundreds of workers feared stuck in hydropower tunnels as deaths cross 900

Rescuers race to free hundreds of workers trapped in tunnels after catastrophic floods. The combined death toll in Nepal and China surpassed nine hundred people. More than four thousand seven hundred individuals remain missing after the disaster struck. Families desperately search for loved ones lost in the devastating flash floods.…

The Economic Times · Aug 31

Nepal Principal's 900 Rescued Students Are a Rare Bright Spot Amid Nearly 1,000 Flood Deaths

A Nepalese headteacher's quick decision to evacuate 900 students saved lives during a devastating flood that destroyed their school and claimed nearly 1,000 lives across the region.

International Business Times UK · Aug 31

Flood response could take months as death toll climbs

Humanitarian aid workers are expected to remain in Nepal for months as an Australian who had been missing in the devastating floods is found safe.

AAP · Aug 31

More than 3,000 people remain missing across Nepal and Tibet. Now the State Department has revealed how many of them are Americans

More than 800 people have lost their lives in the tragedy

We Got This Covered · Aug 31

Nepal floods: Avalanche from 5,200 metres raced down Himalayas at 167 kmph, triggering deadly deluge

A sudden ice-rock avalanche plummeted down the Himalayas, wreaking havoc in Nepal with catastrophic floods. This swift phenomenon covered extensive ground in mere moments, and scientists ruled out a glacial lake outburst flood as the cause. The disaster wreaked havoc on Nepal's hydropower facilities, prompting a call for further inquiries…

The Times of India · Aug 31

Fog of flood: Nepal’s disaster raises a Himalayan question for China

The August 26 disaster, triggered by a glacier collapse, has killed hundreds of people and left thousands missing, including hundreds of Indians, on Nepal-China border.

The Times of India · Aug 31

Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off

Majority of missing Australians were near Gyirong Port minutes before impact. Rescuers say the area is now destroyed, covered in metres of silt and debris

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31