The Latest Breaking News from Nepal

Barring access and promoting ‘positive’ news: how the Chinese government has controlled the narrative during the Tibet floods

As rescue efforts have continued on both sides of the border following the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, a fight over how the disaster is being reported has been growing in intensity on social media.

The Conversation · Sep 2

As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent

The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years

The Independent UK · Sep 2

Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000

Rescue teams continued searching debris-strewn areas along the Nepal-China border for thousands missing after catastrophic Himalayan floods killed more than 1,000 people. Nepal reported 1,003 deaths and 3,916 missing, while China recorded 16 deaths and 546 missing.

The Economic Times · Sep 2

Like 23 Silkyaras at once, says Aus expert on Nepal's rescue challenge

TRISHULI BAZAAR/DEHRADUN: Australian tunnelling expert Arnold Dix, who became widely known in India for his role in the 2023 Silkyara (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue, has described the search operation around Nepal's flood-ravaged hydropower projects as being like "23 Silkyaras going on at the same time".

The Times of India · Sep 1

Nepal authorities mistakenly name British aid worker as flood survivor

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The Independent UK · Sep 1

'1 tick, 2 ticks': Kin seek hope in text-delivery reports in Nepal

TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): For two days after Serbian citizen Enisa Lekovic disappeared in the floods in Nepal, a WhatsApp message sent by her daughter sat on a single grey tick - sent, but not delivered. Then, on Aug 28, the screen changed: the tick had turned into two blue…

The Times of India · Sep 1

British aid worker says Nepal authorities mistook him for floods survivor: ‘Sorry, I haven’t been rescued’

Former councillor Alastair Chambers, 45, said the mix-up happened when he returned to the capital Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight after volunteering in a remote village

The Independent UK · Sep 1

British volunteer aid worker says he was mistaken for floods survivor

Alastair Chambers, a former councillor, says he was mistaken for a survivor of the flash floods by Nepali officials.

The Independent UK · Sep 1

South Africans missing in Nepal's glacial flood

In tonight's edition: Africa Disaster Relief is looking for six South Africans who went missing in the deadly floods on the border between Nepal and China. Also, South African illegal miners are undermining their own communities. Finally, rising fuel prices are pushing Kenyans towards electric vehicles.

France 24 · Sep 1

Families waiting for news from Nepal and Tibet will feel both hope and despair – and this can change minute to minute

The surging death count from the devastating flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on August 26 has reached 1,050.

The Conversation · Sep 1