Nepalese Army Rescues Over 100, Chinese Authorities Warn of Lake Overflow Risk

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Nepalese Army Rescues Over 100, Chinese Authorities Warn of Lake Overflow Risk
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  1. 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.

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    Bloomberg

    Nepal Rescuers Race to Save People Trapped in Hydropower Tunnel A Nepalese rescue team is racing to locate 100 people still trapped in a hydropower tunnel after earlier extracting 350 laborers and locals, according to the Prime Minister’s Office, after a deadly torrent engulfed parts of the Himalayan nation.

  2. Chinese authorities also warned that the newly formed lake at the confluence of the Tsogyal and the Purupqiangzangbu rivers is overflowing and may burst.

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    ZeroHedge

    🚨🚨🚨#China alerts new barrier lake forms at #Nepal rivers confluence, posing high breach risk over next 3 days.

  3. 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.

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    An Aug. 27 update from the NDRRMA confirmed that 359 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, with another 910 individuals still out of contact. Meanwhile, across the border, the Gyirong disaster command reported three confirmed deaths and 558 people missing in Tibet - including 260 foreign nationals - as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 27.

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    Billionare and Philantropist Chaudhary on the Scale of Nepal's Flood Disaster Nepalese industrialist Binod Chaudhary speaks with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin about the scale of the humanitarian disaster facing his country, and how his conglomerate is working with the government to improve the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)

  2. 02 Financial Times

    Deadly flood a brutal reminder of growing Himalayan hazards Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks

  3. 03 ZeroHedge

    A rapidly expanding dammed lake above a Nepal-Tibet flood zone poses a severe new threat to Gyirong Port, where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for following an initial catastrophic surge.

  4. 04 BBC Business

    That's after China announced its biggest ever recall of cars, with more than four million vehicles - mostly Teslas - affected.

  5. 05 Fortune

    Rescue teams and military helicopters 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.

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Original Articles (9)

Center Billionare and Philantropist Chaudhary on the Scale of Nepal's Flood Disaster — Bloomberg
Center China Calls for All-Out Rescue in Tibet After Flood — Bloomberg
Center Rapidly Swelling Lakes Spur New Flood Warnings in Nepal, China — Bloomberg
Center Nepal Rescuers Race to Save People Trapped in Hydropower Tunnel — Bloomberg
Center Deadly flood a brutal reminder of growing Himalayan hazards — Financial Times
Lean Right Newly Formed Lake Threatens 2nd Flood At Nepal-Tibet Disaster Zone — ZeroHedge
Center Why Tesla has been caught up in a massive car recall in China — BBC Business
Left More Than 1,000 People Missing in Nepal, Tibet After Flash Flooding — Common Dreams
Lean Left At least 360 people are dead and 1,400 after catastrophic floods sweep communities on the Nepal-China border — Fortune