India-West News Desk KATHMANDU — Twenty-two U.S. citizens are among an 80-member group associated with the Isha Foundation that remains unaccounted for after flash floods struck near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26. The group, traveling with Isha Sacred Walks, also...

Medicine, food and other supplies are the urgent priority. But the rising risks from shrinking glaciers must be faced tooThousands of people in Nepal and Tibet are in desperate need of emergency assistance following Wednesday’s disaster. With 360 people...

One disaster can create the conditions for the next.

A group of 50 Himalayan hazard experts is providing rapid analysis of the event. Here’s what they’ve found so far.

What responsibilities do governments, researchers, humanitarian organizations, and corporations have for the conditions that repeatedly turn hazards into human catastrophes?

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The deadly disaster struck on Wednesday after an ice-rock avalanche caused by a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a powerful torrent of water, mud, rocks and debris. The post Nepal Flash Flood Latest News: Deadly Flood Fury...

Hundreds of people are missing or have been killed after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Entire villages have been destroyed, many of which are popular pilgrimage and trekking destinations for tourists. Lucy Hough talks...

The lake has expanded and was overflowing as China warned of high breach risk and Nepal urged downstream communities to stay away from riverbanks.

Chellaney said that human interventions by China on the Tibetan side may have intensified the flooding and its downstream effects.