Hundreds missing after flood hits Nepal-Tibet border, 157 bodies recovered
A glacier-rock collapse triggered catastrophic Nepal–Tibet border floods, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds of tourists missing.
Last updated: 2026-08-27 00:16:31 ET
A glacier-rock collapse triggered catastrophic Nepal–Tibet border floods, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds of tourists missing.
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
‘Triggered by an ice rock avalanche from a glacier’
DNA testing confirmed remains found on a Swiss Alps glacier belong to two Belgian mountaineers who vanished in the Weissmies region in 1992.
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