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Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel

Total of 804 confirmed dead and more than 3,000 missing amid threat of fresh inundation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30

'Standing together': community mourns flood victims with candles of hope

Newcastle unites at a vigil of Nepal's flash flood victims.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 30

Nepal floods: US announces humanitarian assistance worth over $3.6 million

The United States is providing over $3.6 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal. This assistance includes emergency food for thousands of flood-affected households. Nepal's Bhote Koshi River has seen a sudden increase in water flow and roar. The death toll from recent flash floods has tragically risen to 675 people.…

The Economic Times · Aug 30

We can’t avoid disasters like Nepal, but Himalaya land-use policy can cut risk

The images from the devastating floods in Nepal were hauntingly familiar, recalling scenes from Sikkim in 2023, Uttarakhand’s Chamoli Valley in 2021, and Kedarnath in 2013. The disaster — in which flash floods swept away bridges and settlements in seconds — raises questions about the wisdom of expanding development in…

The Times of India · Aug 29

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Searches continue for thousands missing as death toll tops 700 after Nepal flood

Among those unaccounted for are more than 30 British nationals.

Evening Standard · Aug 29

Everest veterans, mountain guides enter choked hydropower tunnel to rescue 6

Highly trained mountain guides and Everest veterans joined flood rescue efforts in Nepal's Rasuwa district. Specialist teams used expedition skills to access disaster zones where roads had disappeared. Rescuers entered a mud-choked hydropower tunnel, pushing approximately 120 meters inside. They recovered a camera bag and determined excavation equipment was needed…

The Times of India · Aug 29

4 at hydropower tunnel among 108 Indians rescued; toll 682

Nepal's Bhote Koshi-Trishuli disaster death toll reached 675, with 2,426 people still missing. Rescuers searched mud-filled valleys and tunnels three days after the catastrophic flood occurred. Chinese authorities reported seven deaths and 554 missing at Gyirong port across the border. Indian nationals unaccounted for in Nepal were revised down to…

The Times of India · Aug 29

Missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues

Rescuers in Nepal and China on Saturday continued to search for the nearly 3,000 people missing after devastating flooding along the border with China engulfed entire villages earlier this week. At least 682 bodies were recovered in both countries, including 675 in Nepal and seven in China.

France 24 · Aug 29

Sydney man Nava flew to Nepal thinking his wife had been found. Crushingly, ‘the search goes on’

Sumi Adhikari was near the Gyirong border crossing between Nepal and China when catastrophic floods struck. Her family waits in hope

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29