Glacier collapse sends floods over Nepal-China border, killing at least 270 and leaving more than 1,300 missing.

Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Taiwan has prepared its national search and rescue team to travel to Nepal after a catastrophic flash flood struck near the Nepal‑Tibet border on Wednesday, officials said Thursday.

Nepalese police said Thursday that 270 bodies have been found by authorities, with the toll expected to rise significantly

Tibetan representatives have concluded a week-long diplomatic outreach campaign in Geneva ahead of the 63rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), seeking to draw international attention to what they describe as a deteriorating human rights situation...

More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal. The valley is the main link...

Nepal has reported 190 deaths and 1,130 people missing, while three people have died and 558 remain unaccounted for in China’s Tibet.

While the exact cause of Wednesday's disaster is still being analysed, scientists say it probably began with a massive ice-rock avalanche on the northern slopes of Nepal's Langtang Lirung peak into the Lhende Khola river on the Tibetan side.

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 27: The catastrophic flash flood that swept across the Nepal–Tibet border on Wednesday has caused widespread destruction and left Tibetan communities in both Tibet and Nepal facing severe losses, according to Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)...

The region is popular with Himalayan trekkers and pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Tibet

Devastating flash floods in Nepal have left hundreds missing, including 178 Indian nationals. Former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal and disaster expert Dr Govind Raj Pokharel highlighted massive infrastructure destruction. Meanwhile, India has dispatched a second flight carrying 37.5...