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The Trishuli River glacial-collapse flood

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Nepal has ended the general search-and-rescue phase of the August flood, with more than 5,000 people still missing. The situation has shifted to recovering the dead, supporting survivors and rebuilding; the reports do not say that all searches have stopped or that the flood emergency has ended.

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6 reports122 outlets249 sources7 videos

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  1. Update 1Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacier Collapse Floods Nepal-Tibet Valleys
  2. Update 2A Glacier Fell a Kilometer, Then the Valleys Drowned
  3. Update 3Nepal Flood Toll Hits 919 as Tunnel Search Becomes Race for Hundreds
  4. Update 4Nine Days Buried, Then Voices Answered: Nepal Tunnel Rescue Defies 1,380 Dead
  5. Update 5Rescued from Nepal’s floods, mothers face another emergency
  6. Update 6Nepal Ends General Flood Rescue. Thousands of Families Still Await Answers.

The story so far

  1. Update 68 days later

    Nepal Ends General Flood Rescue. Thousands of Families Still Await Answers.

    Urgent operations are excepted and remains searches are reported to continue. But families still lack a final accounting, and reconstruction funding is recommended—not confirmed.

  2. Update 525 days later

    Rescued from Nepal’s floods, mothers face another emergency

    An estimated 5,030 pregnant women were affected by the August disaster. Clinics and evacuations have helped some, but transport, crowded shelters and safe recovery remain unresolved.

  3. Update 45 days later

    Nine Days Buried, Then Voices Answered: Nepal Tunnel Rescue Defies 1,380 Dead

    Two men survived nine days sealed in a Nepal hydropower tunnel. Two more lived ten days. Behind them: 1,380 dead, thousands missing, and 121 possibly still underground.

    Still open after this report

    • No confirmed account of how anyone survived nine to ten days underground, or their medical condition
    • No reconciled final toll, and no verified total for how many remain inside tunnels versus missing elsewhere

  4. Update 33 days later

    Nepal Flood Toll Hits 919 as Tunnel Search Becomes Race for Hundreds

    More than 900 confirmed dead and nearly 4,800 missing, with hundreds of hydropower workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels along the Trishuli River.

    Still open after this report

    • No verified contact with or rescue of workers trapped in the hydropower tunnels.
    • No settled reconciliation of the competing 919, 939 and 1,000-plus death tolls.

  5. Update 237 hours later

    A Glacier Fell a Kilometer, Then the Valleys Drowned

    More than 1,000 are dead after ice and rock fell a kilometer into a Himalayan valley, sending floods through Nepal and Tibet. Scientists blame glacier collapse, not a quake, as missing tolls diverge by the thousands.

    Still open after this report

    • No agreed missing total; reports range from hundreds of foreigners to thousands overall
    • No verified single timeline for damming, bursting and downstream arrival

  6. Update 1

    Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacier Collapse Floods Nepal-Tibet Valleys

    At least 160 are dead and nearly 1,500 are missing, including hundreds of foreigners, after a glacier collapse sent mud and water through the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi valleys — with Nepal and China warning another lake could burst.

    Still open after this report

    • Exact surge height, road and power losses, aid amounts and delivery, and nationality-by-nationality missing lists.
    • Whether the source was a Tibet glacial-lake outburst or a Nepal Bhote Koshi glacier avalanche, or both in sequence.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Balendra ShahNepalese rapper and politician; Prime Minister of Nepal since 20262 reports
  • Li QiangPremier of the People's Republic of China since 20231 report
  • Swarnim WagleSenior Team Leader for Strategy, Policy and Partnerships (SPP) at the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific1 report

Organizations

  • United Nations Population FundUnited Nations organization1 report

Places

  • RasuwaRasuwa, Bagmati Province, Nepal5 reports
  • TrishuliTrishuli4 reports
  • Gyirong TownGyirong Town, Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet, China, 8587013 reports
  • Chitwan DistrictChitwan District, Bagmati Province, Nepal2 reports
  • NepalNepal2 reports
  • NuwakotNuwakot, Bidur, Bagmati Province 44900, Nepal2 reports
  • Upper Trishuli 3B Adit TunnelPairebesi Phat, 256J+3JH, मनकामना, बागमती प्रदेश 45000, Nepal2 reports
  • 波曲波曲, Baingoin County, Nagqu, China, 8525202 reports

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Search operations end and shift to recoveryNot independently confirmed2
People missing on Nepal’s sideNot independently confirmed2
Estimated cost of recovery and reconstructionNot independently confirmed2

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