The death toll from severe flash floods in Nepal's mountainous border region with China has risen to at least 157, police said on Wednesday, with hundreds of people still missing in Nepal and ...
Nepal and China resumed rescue operations today in the flood-hit Himalayas after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation. Wednesday's catastrophic ...
China and Nepal have taken different approaches to information after a Himalayan flood, shaping what the public saw of a disaster that killed more than 1,400 people.
China has intensified its flood control and disaster relief measures across all levels to address the challenges posed by the recent heavy rainfall.
Already harrowing rescue efforts along the China-Nepal border are being complicated by the risk of new flooding or landslides, with authorities in China and Nepal pausing rescue efforts Friday due to ...
Ten days after a Himalayan glacier gave way and sent a torrent of mud, rock and meltwater crashing through the Nepal-China border zone, the confirmed death toll has climbed past 1,000, and thousands ...
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Nepal plans to rebuild an early-warning system for landslides on part of its border with China, installing seismic sensors, cameras and a satellite link, two Nepali government ...
Catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal Wednesday killed more than 300 and left thousands more missing — including over 60 Americans — as harrowing footage shows a massive surge of water descending from ...
A Chinese environmental assessment has identified 156 mining rights in Tibet within five kilometres of glaciers across key transboundary river basins. The finding has sharpened concerns that upstream ...
Weeks After the Nepal-China Flood Disaster, Families of the Missing Hold Out Hope By Tora Agarwala and Ju-min Park NEW DELHI/BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Every day since a torrent of mud and rocks ...
Some family members of those unaccounted for have expressed frustration with what they see as paltry updates on the dead and missing. China says its information-sharing has been “transparent and ...