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Five Japanese Tourists Missing After Nepal Floods

The tourists believed to be a family from Osaka are missing after crossing into Nepal from Tibet, with a driver sent to pick them up also unaccounted for. The post Five Japanese Tourists Missing After Nepal Floods first appeared...

Rescue efforts intensify after Nepal-Tibet flooding as deaths climb past 900

The death toll in the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet has climbed past 900 with more than 4,700 missing

Nepal Floods Expose Gaps In Data Sharing With China

China's President Xi Jinping has called for faster surveys of glaciers and glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau to prevent further disasters.

In Nepal-Tibet flood, it wasn’t just glacier that collapsed, Langtang Lirung mountainside broke off

With clearer satellite imagery, it has emerged that the Tibet-Nepal flood was not caused by a simple glacial collapse but by the collapse of a large section of the northern face of the 7,234-metre Langtang Lirung mountain in Nepal.

The Avalanche and the Silence

By Khedroob Thondup When a glacier avalanche struck Tibet recently, the devastation was immediate and profound. Entire communities were left in shock, families torn apart, and countless lives disrupted. Yet what stands out most is not the natural disaster...

The Living Flame of Tibet

OPINION While the Middle Way approach of seeking autonomy under Chinese sovereignty remains the official policy today, conditions can change in ways that would make independence a more viable cause so long as Tibetans do not allow the flame...

Former Nepal Minister questions lack of information sharing from China, says the glacier collapse occurred in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Aug30’26) – Nepal’s former Forest and Environment Minister Madhav Prasad Chaulagain has said China didn’t warn his country before the devastating floods of ice, rock, and mud tore through it on Aug 26 morning despite the existence of...

Nepal Flood Latest Live News: Bhotekoshi River Swells in Nepal, Prompting Fresh Flood Warnings; Death Toll Nears 800

Nepal has issued a fresh Bhotekoshi River flood warning as the death toll reaches 788 and more than 2,500 people remain missing after the devastating August 26 floods. The post Nepal Flood Latest Live News: Bhotekoshi River Swells in...

US says 85 nationals still missing as death toll in Nepal-Tibet flash floods crosses 800 mark

The US State Department on Sunday noted that at least 85 Americans are still missing in the devastating flash floods in Nepal and Tibet.

Authorities Warn of New Flood Risks as Nepal-Tibet Death Toll Tops 800

Nepal and Tibet authorities reported 3,048 missing as rescue teams entered hydropower tunnels to search for survivors.