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Videos of the disaster\u00a0showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 360 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,400 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n

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The steep slopes and lush valleys below the Himalayan mountain range \u2014 home to many of\u00a0the world\u2019s highest peaks\u00a0and remaining glaciers \u2014 are especially vulnerable to\u00a0flooding and landslides. Melting glaciers have become more common because of\u00a0human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n

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Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in Nepal\u2019s hard-hit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Riverbanks and village streets were covered in mud. Debris hung from tree branches and wires. Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.<\/p>\n

Before-and-after images aired by state broadcaster China Central Television showed a multistory building and more than a dozen vehicles covered in mud. A two-lane road running along a river in a valley in Tibet\u2019s Shigatse prefecture was completely buried. Aerial footage also showed that a lake had formed and expanded on the China-Nepal border.<\/p>\n

Nirajan Paudyal, a journalist based in Nepal\u2019s capital of Kathmandu, worried for his parents and other relatives in the district\u2019s village of Soley.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI fear there won\u2019t be any update,\u201d Paudyal said.<\/p>\n

Helicopters deployed for rescue because of damaged roads<\/h4>\n

The disaster has left at least 910 people missing in Nepal. Authorities in Tibet, an autonomous region of China, reported at least three dead and 558 missing.<\/p>\n

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Nepalese officials said that dozens of bridges were destroyed and nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) of roads were damaged, complicating search efforts.<\/p>\n

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The Nepalese army has rescued more than 100 people by helicopter, army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said. Army teams also evacuated people trapped inside facilities linked to the Trishuli hydropower project, he added.<\/p>\n

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Dozens of injured people were transported to Kathmandu for medical care.<\/p>\n

Rescuers found bodies in Chitwan district hundreds of kilometers (miles) downstream from the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n

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Bishal Kumar Bhandari, chairman of the Nepal Red Cross Society, said the agency has shifted its focus from rescue to large-scale relief operations in the flood-hit districts. He said that around 1,200 people were displaced from at least three villages.<\/p>\n

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In Tibet, a gushing mudslide that struck Wednesday near the land border crossing of Gyirong Port engulfed a multistory port building and left mud in the surrounding areas that was more than 1\u00bd meters (5 feet) deep on average, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Roads leading to the crossing were all damaged, while secondary collapses or landslides might occur as rain continued in the area, it added.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s premier, Li Qiang, arrived Thursday in Gyirong to direct rescue efforts, alongside 500 military and paramilitary personnel. Military helicopter circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes.<\/p>\n

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Chinese authorities also warned that the newly formed lake at the confluence of the Tsogyal and the Purupqiangzangbu rivers is overflowing and may burst.<\/p>\n

The United Nations\u2019 humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, announced Thursday on X that he ordered the release of $2 million from the U.N.\u2019s Central Emergency Response Fund to help with medical care, shelter and water. He called the floods \u201chorrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pledge to support national efforts to deliver emergency aid and support,\u201d U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters.<\/p>\n

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More than 1,300 are missing, including hundreds of foreigners<\/h4>\n

Many people in the disaster zone waited to hear whether their loved ones were alive.<\/p>\n

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Shova Shrestha, 33, has spent more than a day seeking word of her husband, Rajan Shrestha. She said his phone rang when she first called after the floods, but it later became unreachable. Since then, she has watched every helicopter that landed in Bidur, the capital of Nuwakot district, hoping he might be among the survivors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep looking at each helicopter, hoping he will step out of it,\u201d Shova said.<\/p>\n

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Among the missing are 517 foreigners, according to Nepal\u2019s tourism board.<\/p>\n

They include 178 people from India, more than 60 from the U.S. and people from 30 other countries, including Ukraine, the U.K., South Africa and Japan, the board said.<\/p>\n

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Many of the missing may have been on a pilgrimage to\u00a0Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.<\/p>\n

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Seventy-seven people from one pilgrimage group were caught in the floods at the immigration office at the border, according to a post on X from Indian spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.<\/p>\n

A visibly emotional Sadhguru said in a video that the group included 22 Americans and others from various countries. He said that there was no official information on their whereabouts.<\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department said 90 Americans are unaccounted for in China and Nepal after the flood. The department said it was unaware of any U.S. deaths and that three Americans had been rescued.<\/p>\n

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The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday that 288 of the country\u2019s people, including some workers on a power project, were missing.<\/p>\n

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Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian said that nearly 100 Chinese citizens were missing in Nepal. According to preliminary information, 260 of those missing in Tibet were foreigners, he said.<\/p>\n

A glacier collapse may have caused floods<\/h4>\n

The U.S. Geological Survey first reported a magnitude 4.4 earthquake early Wednesday, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Kathmandu, near the border.<\/p>\n

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The agency later updated its analysis to say the seismic event was instead a magnitude 5.2 glacier collapse that sent debris flowing downstream.<\/p>\n

Climate experts at the Kathmandu-based International Center for Integrated Mountain Development said an avalanche from a glacier likely caused Wednesday\u2019s flash flood.<\/p>\n

In an emailed statement, they said water levels at one point on the Trishuli River rose by as much as 9 meters (27 feet) in half an hour.<\/p>\n

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The increasingly unstable Himalayan ice system threatens communities, infrastructure and water supplies across one of the world\u2019s most densely populated regions.<\/p>\n

The region saw similar flash floods\u00a0in August 2025,\u00a0when a glacial lake in Tibet overflowed because of high temperatures. Nine people were killed, and critical infrastructure, including a bridge connecting Nepal and China, was damaged.<\/p>\n

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