Nepal’s flash flood death toll has reached 469 , with nearly 1,000 people missing in Nepal and neighbouring Tibet after a glacier collapse unleashed torrents of water, mud and debris. Rescue operations continue, but authorities warn that debris-blocked rivers and rising lakes could breach, triggering another potentially devastating flood.
The disaster began when an estimated 600-metre-wide section of a glacier broke free from an altitude of around 17,000 feet, plunging into a valley and triggering a cascading mass of water and rock that swept nearly 200 km downstream within hours.
