NUWAKOT, Nepal — Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared...

By Osama Ali Key Takeaways: Flash floods along the Nepal–China border have killed at least 579 people; more than 200 are missing in Nepal and Chinese media put 558 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong County (including 260 foreigners), with possible...

And, at least 32 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing after Tibet-Nepal border floods

By Fabrice Robinet Key Takeaways: A Himalayan slope failure on Wednesday (registered as magnitude 5.2) sent ice, rock, and water down the Lhende Khola/Bhotekoshi system; by Friday more than 500 were reported dead in Nepal and Tibet and over 1,500...

Key Takeaways: Ten years after the 2016 escalation in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says mass detention, imprisonment, surveillance, cultural and religious restrictions, travel controls, and pressure on Uyghurs abroad continue, despite Beijing’s claims of normalcy. HRW cites UN findings...

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

On the windswept plains just south of Tibet’s second-largest city, the towering smart inspection systems and automated cargo gantries of a brand-new international land port gleam under the plateau’s high-altitude sun. Official road maps predict the multibillion-yuan project in...

A high-altitude collapse of rock and glacial ice sent a fast-moving mass of debris and water down narrow Himalayan valleys. Scientists are working out what triggered the collapse – and whether climate change played a role.

If another hazard arrives before systems have recovered, it encounters a place with less resilience and a weakened infrastructure, say two researchers.

Exclusive videos verified by The New York Times show the clearest view yet of the avalanche in northern Nepal near Tibet that sent a wall of water and mud coursing through river valleys below.

Scientists are looking into cause and possible link to climate change. 

Army helicopters ferry survivors from inaccessible areas to a camp at a barracks in BidurThe three women sat together in the army tent and wept. They cried out for their sons, their husbands, their homes. As flash floods coursed...

The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, Russian strikes in Kyiv, Israeli settlers in the West Bank and tributes to Dolly Parton – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...

Before-and-after images show villages, bridges and a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing washed away by devastating floodwaters.

RESCUERS plowed on with their search on Friday for survivors of deadly floods and landslides that struck Nepal and Tibet, with the threat of new torrents complicating their gargantuan task.Emergency teams have recovered 482 bodies after a tsunami-like wall...

Dozens of Americans, including community leaders from Northern Virginia, were traveling to Tibet’s sacred Mount Kailash when catastrophic flash floods struck the border region

Early warnings and shared data will move only as fast as Beijing’s security concerns allow.

Federation says it fears death toll of more than 540 will continue to rise as rescuers reach cut-off areasNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?The...

The flooding on Wednesday killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, and hundreds more are missing, including foreigners and pilgrims

Scale of devastation emerges in Nepal as reporters reach disaster area, but Chinese state media focus more on rescue effortsNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesIn the days since an enormous glacier in the Himalayas snapped away from a mountaintop...

The International Campaign for Tibet says Chinese authorities are restricting information from flood-hit Kyirong County, raising concerns over casualties, relief efforts and the safety of local residents.

Scientists believe a partial glacier collapse caused a deadly wall of water that flooded villages and towns on the Nepal and Tibet border. Now, rescue workers are urgently searching for the hundreds of people who have been reported missing.

Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing. But the remote...

Anil Goel sent his family in the U.S. a photo of his tour group at the Nepal-Tibet border just before the area was hit by a wall of mud and water.

“Asia’s water tower” is heading towards a more unpredictable and unstable future, according to a new study measuring the Tibetan Plateau’s stability. The study, published on August 21 in Nature Communications, examined the entropy of the region to gauge...