China and Nepal Update on Missing Persons Amid Floods
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China’s state media previously said 558 people were missing and Nepal’s disaster management authority said Friday that 977 people were missing. Hundreds of them were foreigners in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.
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ABC NewsThe Nepal Tourism Board announced that 65 Americans are among the missing. LONDON -- At least 168 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, emergency authorities in Nepal and China said. More than 1,300 people remained missing as of Thursday morning, authorities said.
Washington TimesChina’s state media previously said 558 people were missing. Across the border, Nepal’s disaster management authority said Friday that 977 people were still unaccounted for. Hundreds of them were foreigners in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.
NPR NewsMore than 1,500 people have now been confirmed missing after deadly flash floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border early Wednesday, sweeping away roads, bridges and entire villages. At least 270 people have died in Nepal. In China, authorities say two people have been rescued and the death toll stands at three.
PBS NewsHourCatastrophic floods kill hundreds in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.
BBC NewsVideo from northern Nepal shows people being rescued from mud after deadly flash floods swept through the Nepal-Tibet border leaving more than 160 people dead and hundreds missing.
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The spokesperson said the State Department is "closely monitoring the situation and is deploying a disaster response advisor to the region to support response efforts. The Department will also provide $500,000 in assistance through its global award with Catholic Relief Services, supporting emergency shelter, relief items, and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance to flood-affected communities."
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NPR NewsInternational response The U.S. State Department said it would be providing $500,000 in aid and that it was deploying a disaster response adviser to the region to support response efforts. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X, "We express our solidarity and are united in prayer for the Nepali people following the devastating floods."
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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.
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ABC NewsAn Indian spiritual leader and entrepreneur, known as Sadhguru, said in a post to social media that 77 people who were on tours organized by his Isha Foundation were at an immigration center at the Nepal-Tibet border when the floodwaters hit.
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Nepali and Chinese authorities earlier warned of further flooding from the barrier lake that formed after Wednesday’s disaster and was already overflowing. They urged people in potentially affected areas to move to safer ground.
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Washington TimesNepali and Chinese authorities earlier warned of further flooding from the barrier lake, which was already overflowing. They urged people in potentially affected areas to move to safer ground.
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Thousands of people have been evacuated, others await rescue Nepali Army rescuers were working to help people trapped in a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa, part of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.
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Washington TimesThousands of people have been evacuated, others await rescue Nepali Army rescuers were working to help people trapped in a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa, part of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.
BBC NewsThe Nepalese army and armed police forces have been rescuing flooding victims, although many rescuers are struggling to reach the disaster zone on the Tibet side.
NPR NewsRescue efforts, still in their first stages, have been hampered by the fact the floodwaters have washed away entire roads. Riaz Lodhi, country director for the World Food Program in Nepal, said rescue workers are trying to dig people out of the mud, and that the Nepalese government is deploying helicopters to help.
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Video from the scene show rescuers helping the man, covered in dark brown mud, out of the tunnel by pulling and pushing. He was one of likely dozens trapped in the tunnel.
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Washington ExaminerIn 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.
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Many of the missing may have been on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.
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Washington ExaminerSome of the missing may have been on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.
NPR NewsMany of the missing are Hindu pilgrims, who were journeying to Kailash Mansarovar, a high-altitude site in Tibet revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
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The region saw similar flash floods in August 2025, when 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.
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NPR NewsExperts point to climate change The region saw similar flash floods in July 2025, when a glacial lake in Tibet saw significant quantities of ice melt and then overflowed because of high temperatures.
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01 ABC News As search and rescue efforts continued in Nepal on Thursday, authorities there said that at least 165 bodies had been recovered.
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02 Washington Examiner “It is complicated to find the entry and exit points of the tunnel because everything has been covered by mud,” Basnet said. “Our first priority is rescuing the stranded people.”
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03 Washington Times “It is complicated to find the entry and exit points of the tunnel because everything has been covered by mud,” Basnet said. “Our first priority is rescuing the stranded people.”
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04 NPR News Residents have described their terror as great waves of water barrelled down valleys, burying people and homes under the mud. Santa Tamang, a 25-year-old university student who lives in one river valley, spoke to NPR by phone.
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