Nepal Flood Death Toll Approaches 1,000 Amid Ongoing Rescue Operations

Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school

Rajendra Dawadi leapt into action after receiving warnings over waters heading towards his school.

Rescue work intensifies as death toll in China-Nepal disaster approaches 1,000

Rescuers from China and Nepal continued searching landslide- and flood-affected areas on Monday while efforts to reopen roads to the heart of the disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port entered a “critical stage”. The death toll in Nepal had risen to 903 as of 9am on Monday, with 4,247 people still missing, according to data released by the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Chinese authorities on Sunday said the death toll ...

By Meredith Chen

‘Survived by just 10 seconds’: How teacher’s quick decision saved 900 children

As they evacuated to higher ground, Rajendra Dawadi said he saw a building about 100 metres from the river being engulfed.

By Paul Dyer

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

‘Grave of the Fireflies’: Boy carries crying sister through flood-hit Nepal

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

The unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday – blamed on a glacier collapse – killed nearly 800 people, and more than 3,000 are still missing.

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

Nepal’s rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of last week’s Himalayan flood that carved a trail of destruction in the country’s valley towns and villages as well as across the border in China. The […]

Before Floods, Nepal Asked China For Early Warnings As Risks Mounted

Twelve days before the disaster, China's World Meteorological Centre told Nepali officials in an email, seen by Reuters, that a monsoon depression was forecast for the area from August 14 to 19.

800 dead in Nepal-Tibet floods, 3,000 missing

Red Cross has estimated that more than 90,000 people are likely to have been affected by the disaster

By Reuters

Death toll from Nepal flood reaches 734

KATHMANDU – The death toll from the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers has risen to 734, while 2,498 people remain missing, according to the latest government figures. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said in its search, rescue and relief update issued at 9am on Sunday that 734 bodies, including human [...]

By Asia News Network