{"id":2650939,"date":"2026-08-28T05:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-in-nepal-china-border-disaster-as-lake-poses-new-flood-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T05:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:39:35","slug":"death-toll-rises-in-nepal-china-border-disaster-as-lake-poses-new-flood-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-in-nepal-china-border-disaster-as-lake-poses-new-flood-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as lake poses new flood threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeath-toll-rises-in-nepal-china-border-disaster-as-lake-poses-new-flood-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rescue efforts in Nepal and China are underway following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-karoline-leavitt-holds-white-house-briefing-after-texas-flash-floods\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt holds White House briefing after Texas flash ...\">catastrophic flash floods<\/a> that caused over 470 deaths and left more than 1,500 people missing. In nepal, authorities confirmed 469 deaths, with over 3,000 rescued via helicopters and survivors being helped from areas including a hydropower tunnel. The disaster was triggered by a combination of intense rainfall, a collapse of a glacier bedrock, and a notable seismic event, which caused rivers to swell and floods to inundate the region. Many missing individuals are foreigners on pilgrimage or work-related trips to sacred sites like Mount Kailash. nepal has issued alerts about the potential for further flooding from a barrier lake formed after the floods, with Nepalese and Chinese authorities working to evacuate residents. Survivors recount dramatic rescues amid mud and chaos, while families worldwide continue to search for loved ones. Scientists attribute part of the disaster to glacier collapse and subsequent landslides,and authorities warn of ongoing risks from volcanic-like mudflows and unstable dams.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) \u2014 Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-change-nepal-flash-floods-7262dac22e31258955efa5c28c8fe917\">catastrophic flash floods<\/a> that killed more than 470 people and left more than 1,500 missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal authorities said the death toll there rose to 469, injured people were taken to hospitals and helicopters carried more than 3,000 people to safety. In contrast on the Chinese side, there was little information on survivors, although the death toll rose to five Friday, as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders\u2019 efforts to direct relief efforts.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4703839\/federal-judge-rules-designation-of-anthropic-national-security-risk-illegal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Federal judge rules that War Department\u2019s designation of Anthropic as a national security risk was illegal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4702726\/tropical-storm-dolly-parton-death-coincidence\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tropical Storm Dolly not named after country star: \u2018Purely coincidental\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4701407\/ted-cruz-fcc-jd-vance-2028-republican-strategists-tucker-carlson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ted Cruz fires 2028 warning shot against JD Vance, but his lane is uncertain<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-koreas-kim-touts-eternal-and-indestructible-bond-in-birthday-message-to-putin\/\" title=\"North Korea\u2019s Kim touts \u2018eternal and indestructible\u2019 bond in birthday message to Putin\">state media previously<\/a> said 558 people were missing and Nepal\u2019s disaster management authority said Friday that 977 people were missing. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nepal-china-tibet-floods-missing-14d8016689e5ea7603a55de8e1986236\">Hundreds of them were foreigners<\/a> in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mount-kailash-sacred-pilgrims-nepal-tibet-floods-259253eafa9dd331ec71033296da7c36\">a sacred peak.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<h2 id=\"h-authorities-warn-of-further-flooding-from-barrier-lake\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authorities warn of further flooding from barrier lake<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal police issued a fresh alert Friday after receiving information that a dam on the Tibet side has burst. Security personnel and rescue and relief workers were told to stay on high alert and immediately move to a safe location if necessary. It is unclear if the dam is related to the flooding concern from a barrier lake that formed after the initial flash floods, high up in the Chinese side of the Himalayan mountains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle told The Associated Press that the rescue operation was continuing but with high alert. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepali and Chinese authorities earlier warned of further flooding from the barrier lake that formed after Wednesday\u2019s disaster and was already overflowing. They urged people in potentially <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/photo-gallery\/photos-show-aftermath-flash-floods-nepal-f3ba1e69fc1b4782b852e659e6cdfdfc\">affected areas<\/a> to move to safer ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday morning that the lake\u2019s barrier was more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Gyirong Port, the hard-hit border crossing with Nepal, it said that the risk of flooding was high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CCTV said the lake was at an elevation of 2,950 meters (9,680 feet), about 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) above Gyirong Port.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-thousands-of-people-have-been-evacuated-others-await-rescue\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thousands of people have been evacuated, others await rescue<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepali Army rescuers were working to help people trapped in a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa, part of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In video from the scene, rescuers half-pulled, half-pushed the man covered in dark brown mud out of the tunnel. He was one of likely dozens trapped in the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet told The Associated Press the focus was on survivors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is complicated to find the entry and exit points of the tunnel because everything has been covered by mud,\u201d Basnet said. \u201cOur first priority is rescuing the stranded people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal\u2019s disaster management authority said 3,253 people had been airlifted by helicopter from the disaster area. Survivors, including injured people, were taken to Kathmandu and other locations.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-some-felt-the-ground-shake-then-saw-a-black-storm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some felt the ground shake, then saw a \u2018black storm\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists who\u2019ve studied <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacier-collapse-floods-b3eda9410f9941f69add384944047bc3\">satellite images<\/a> said bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme, it reached <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nepal-flash-floods-glaciers-climate-change-d8c11c2215ea0792e3612bf791e4299f\">a magnitude 5.2 seismic measurement.<\/a> The rocks and melted water then swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing a torrent of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customs officer Karbir Gaire was among some of the survivors in Timure, the closest Nepalese village to the border with China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaire reached his office around 8 a.m. Wednesday and was busy working on his computer when he first felt the ground shake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight after the shake, I noticed a black storm coming towards us,\u201d he recalled from Kathmandu, where he is back with family. \u201cWe all immediately started running out, and within a few seconds, we were climbing uphill on the opposite side of our office building. I think those 10 or so seconds saved some of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaire doesn\u2019t remember exactly how many people were in the office when the disaster struck, but 15 colleagues have gone missing. \u201cIt was like a Hollywood movie scene. I don\u2019t call it a flood, it was a tsunami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described Timure as a vibrant place filled with government offices, hotels, cafes, banks, primary schools, tea shops and residential buildings, where more than 1,500 people were living.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-families-around-the-world-hear-the-news-of-loved-ones\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Families around the world hear the news of loved ones<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rajan Tamang, a restaurant owner in New York City, said he learned from family in Kathmandu that his mother and sister were among those who died, while many other relatives and friends remained missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy family was just waking up, and they didn\u2019t even get any information, and suddenly this flood came. Some of them are missing, some of them lost their life and only a few is alive,\u201d he told The Associated Press after a vigil in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the missing may have been on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vishnuram Ramaswamy, who works at a private company in the southern Indian city of Puducherry, said that he last spoke to his mother and two sisters who were on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy mother said they were on their way towards the border area and said they\u2019ll reach their hotel and call us,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was the last we spoke to them. They have been unreachable since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy said he\u2019s in constant contact with Nepal and Indian government officials as well as the travel agencies who arranged his family\u2019s trip but has not received any updates about their whereabouts so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was the first time they had gone on this pilgrimage and it was something my mother always wanted to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal\u2019s tourism board has said that among the missing are more than 500 foreigners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nepal-flash-floods-missing-americans-88a9dc9aa7334773f10eb6cd11ec11f7\">About 90 Americans<\/a> were unaccounted for. U.S. President Donald Trump said the flooding was terrible to see, and he told reporters in the Oval Office he offered to provide Nepalese leaders \u201canything they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal and China rush aid as floods kill 470+ and 1,500 missing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2650940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nepal-flood-e1787908870903.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4501,4164,56565],"class_list":["post-2650939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-china","tag-disaster","tag-nepal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nepal-flood-e1787908870903.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650944,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650939\/revisions\/2650944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}