Glacial floods kill over 900 on China-Nepal border as thousands remain missing
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The death toll from glacial floods along the China-Nepal border has surpassed 900, with nearly 4,500 people still missing as rescue teams battle mud and debris in a desperate search for survivors. Nepal’s Home Affairs Ministry reported 20,600 personnel mobilized, with more than 3,100 people rescued from the disaster zone. At least 17 bodies were also recovered downstream in India .
In Nepal’s Rasuwa district, rescuers are racing against time to free around 100 hydropower workers believed trapped in tunnels, with three bodies already recovered. Army personnel were seen unloading victims’ bodies from helicopters in Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts, while in Chitwan, soldiers carried dead victims in blue body bags along a riverbank .
Save the Children warned of catastrophic hygiene conditions in the disaster zone, with decomposing human and animal remains, uncollected waste, and stagnant water increasing health risks. Tara Chettry, the NGO’s country director in Nepal, said overcrowded spaces, contaminated water, poor sanitation, and limited healthcare create ideal conditions for disease outbreaks. The organization reported children in shelters already being treated for fever and respiratory infections, with particular concern over cholera and dengue fever .
Survivors evacuated to Kathmandu described the loss of homes, cultural heritage, and ancestral land. Tsering Gelbu Lama, whose wife was swept away, said he has not told his 4-year-old daughter of her mother’s death. Others, like Tsering Sherpa from Rasuwa, expressed fear that their distinct Buddhist traditions and Indigenous practices may not survive displacement. Many fled with only the clothes they wore, leaving behind heirlooms and sacred items .
Meanwhile, wildfires in Indonesia have triggered a haze crisis affecting over 5 million people in Borneo and Sumatra, with firefighters deploying cloud seeding and water bombing. West Kalimantan alone reported 165,727 acute respiratory infection cases between January 1 and August 22 .
In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule has seen 6 million people forcibly returned from Pakistan and Iran as of August, exacerbating the region’s humanitarian crisis .
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