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Deadly flash floods near Nepal-Tibet border raze villages, leave hundreds missing

Cover image: Villages destroyed on the banks of the swollen, debris-choked Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. © Niranjan Shrestha, AP

Massive flash floods that swept through the Himalayan border regions of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and destroyed villages and infrastructure, officials said. Hundreds are still missing, including foreign tourists and pilgrims from neighbouring India, as authorities race to send humanitarian assistance to affected communities.

A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side that killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists missing.

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