https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/526059/feed en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund moved to provide US$20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal – the first time it has set aside money for any country – in a key test of the body’s credibility. In an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, the fund’s board agreed to earmark the modest sum for the Himalayan country, which was hit in August by tsunami-like floods triggered by a climate-induced ice and rock avalanche that killed more than 1,400 people and left over 5,000... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3371840/nepal-set-receive-first-ever-us20-million-payout-un-climate-damage-fund https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3371840/nepal-set-receive-first-ever-us20-million-payout-un-climate-damage-fund Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:58:07 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari Nepal has weathered three disasters in six weeks, including the deadly August flash flood, making this year one of the deadliest in a country where monsoon rains already frequently wreak havoc. Experts warn that climate change is only making matters worse. The rock-ice avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border that opened the floodgates in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers on August 26 killed more than 1,450 people, with nearly 6,000 others still missing. It was followed by a massive landslide... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3370977/inside-nepals-unending-cycle-avalanches-floods-and-landslides https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3370977/inside-nepals-unending-cycle-avalanches-floods-and-landslides Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:05 +0000 The Star The Star It was a detour that saved his life. Malaysian Low Hock Meng, a 71-year-old veteran trekker, had set off on his own in Nepal. He wanted to explore the Tamang trail, Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda. Along his journey, he made the decision to visit the Nagathali viewpoint for a glimpse of Tibet on August 25. Low then made his way down towards Thuman en route to Lingling in Nepal’s Bagmati province on August 26. That is when he realised that something was seriously wrong. When he looked at Syapru... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3370665/how-detour-saved-malaysian-trekker-jaws-deadly-nepal-floods https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3370665/how-detour-saved-malaysian-trekker-jaws-deadly-nepal-floods Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:09:11 +0000 The Star The Star One of the Malaysians unaccounted for following the devastating floods in Nepal has been confirmed safe and has returned to Malaysia, according to the group representing Malaysians missing in Nepal. Malaysia Solidarity: Families in Hope (Masfih) spokesman Manivannan Rethinam said the person had reported themselves to the Malaysian embassy in Kathmandu. “For Masfih and the other families, the finding of a safe Malaysian 37 days later is an extremely relieving and meaningful development,”... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3369531/missing-malaysian-found-safe-flood-ravaged-nepal-after-37-days https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3369531/missing-malaysian-found-safe-flood-ravaged-nepal-after-37-days Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:45:06 +0000 Daisy Wu Daisy Wu The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to double its annual financing to about US$20 billion by 2030 as the Beijing-headquartered multilateral lender enters its second decade, its president said on Monday. Announcing the target at the opening of the bank’s 11th annual meeting in Doha, Qatar, AIIB President Zou Jiayi said member economies had voiced a “remarkably consistent” need for greater project funding. “They need more infrastructure and more financing to build it,” Zou told... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3369088/aiib-plans-double-financing-2030-can-it-bridge-asias-infrastructure-gap https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3369088/aiib-plans-double-financing-2030-can-it-bridge-asias-infrastructure-gap Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:09:02 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Rescue teams on Monday searched for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche that killed at least four on a Nepalese mountain during severe weather. Rescuers from the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, which is leading the efforts, said they recovered two more bodies on Monday in addition to two others who were found on Sunday. The tragedy happened at Mount Himlung, a 7,126-metre (23,380-foot) peak in north central Nepal. Twelve people were missing. Eight experienced mountain guides... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369014/avalanche-nepals-himlung-mountain-leaves-2-workers-dead-14-missing https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369014/avalanche-nepals-himlung-mountain-leaves-2-workers-dead-14-missing Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:11:12 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah proposed a climate alliance with neighbouring India and China, urging action to protect the fragile Himalayan ecosystem after catastrophic flooding across the region. “Glaciers and floods do not travel with stamps and passports,” Shah told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “As an urgent first step, we propose that we establish the Himalaya climate resilience mechanism, led by Nepal, India and China, so the Himalayas become a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3368779/flood-ravaged-nepal-pushes-climate-deal-india-china https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3368779/flood-ravaged-nepal-pushes-climate-deal-india-china Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:02:44 +0000 Emma White Emma White Alina B.K. should have been preparing for her end-of-year university exams, but news of devastating floods along the Nepal–Tibet border kept pulling her back to a troubling question: what kind of future awaits her? The 21-year-old forestry student, who coordinates the Pokhara network of Nepalese Youth for Climate Action, said she struggled to concentrate as reports of death and destruction deepened her fears about a changing climate. “With the floods and deaths happening around us, it is really... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368052/young-nepalis-battle-climate-dread-wake-flood-disaster https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3368052/young-nepalis-battle-climate-dread-wake-flood-disaster Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:00:08 +0000 Bernard Chan Bernard Chan The Himalayan disaster that tore through the China-Nepal border last month was a human calamity before it became a media story. A torrent of ice, rock, mud and debris swept through valleys, destroying key infrastructure, severing roads and communications, and leaving families desperate for news. In Gyirong county in the Tibet autonomous region, the disaster hit a major border crossing and created a rescue environment as physically difficult as any imaginable. The human toll extends beyond the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367709/what-china-nepal-floods-teach-us-about-crisis-communication https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367709/what-china-nepal-floods-teach-us-about-crisis-communication Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:30:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches “peak water” by mid-century, according to a study released this month. The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August along the ‌Nepal-Tibet border, which caused cascading landslides and flash floods in the valleys below. At least 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,300 are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367426/himalayan-glacier-bankruptcy-threatens-water-security-2-billion-asia https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367426/himalayan-glacier-bankruptcy-threatens-water-security-2-billion-asia Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:20:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to safety on September 4, Sah’s first question showed how deeply the ordeal had disoriented him. “When I was rescued I first asked, how many days has it been?” Sah, aged 30, said in an interview, while on his way back home in Saptari district on Sunday. “He said that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367346/nepal-flood-survivor-says-rescue-efforts-must-continue https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367346/nepal-flood-survivor-says-rescue-efforts-must-continue Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:56:30 +0000 Rizwan Basir Rizwan Basir Every climate summit now runs on the same illusion: the next pledge will be the one that finally saves us. It will not. The money the rich world has promised the poor world is not coming at anything like the scale advertised, and pretending otherwise has become the main business of climate diplomacy. Barely nine weeks before the UN climate summit Cop31 opens in Antalya, Turkey, the honest task is not a bigger pledge. It is to make the finance that already exists reach the people drowning in the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3366917/cop31-forget-climate-pledges-countries-nepal-need-actual-cash https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3366917/cop31-forget-climate-pledges-countries-nepal-need-actual-cash Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:30:06 +0000 CNA CNA The police have identified and interviewed five people over online comments relating to the Nepal floods and discussions surrounding Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) investment in Air India. Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday that the police were looking into “shameful” racist and xenophobic online comments about the Nepal-Tibet disaster and SIA’s investment in Air India. In response to media queries, the police on Wednesday confirmed they received police reports and are investigating certain... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366861/singapore-police-question-5-over-racist-comments-nepal-floods-air-india-investment https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366861/singapore-police-question-5-over-racist-comments-nepal-floods-air-india-investment Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:48:25 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari Taradevi Tamang’s village exists on official maps, but on the ground, it looks as though it was never there at all. Two weeks ago, raging floodwaters ripped through her village in central Nepal’s Nuwakot district, sweeping away Tamang’s tin-roofed home alongside the modest savings and gold jewellery she had accumulated over the years. The Trishuli River also washed away her family’s main source of income: 265 piglets and 34 wild boars. Tamang, 50, is among roughly 3,500 people currently... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366720/nepal-flood-survivors-face-economic-ruin-migration-beckons https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366720/nepal-flood-survivors-face-economic-ruin-migration-beckons Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:36:38 +0000 Liu Zhen Liu Zhen “I do not want to stop [searching]. If I pause, I start thinking about my brothers and sisters and all the moments of my life here.” Gui Xinwei, deputy chief of the Gyirong Border Inspection Station, was speaking to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV from the ruins of his workplace, seven days after the devastating mudslide erased the port crossing where China and Nepal meet. “I just don’t want to stop.” Gui was away on holiday on August 26 when a glacier collapsed in Nepal, triggering a massive... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366706/gyirong-port-small-items-speak-human-cost-china-nepal-disaster https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366706/gyirong-port-small-items-speak-human-cost-china-nepal-disaster Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:13:40 +0000 Theodora Yu Theodora Yu Hundreds of Nepalis in Hong Kong gathered on Monday to pay tribute to thousands of victims of the flash flood in their homeland, marking the traditional 13th day of mourning since the disaster struck. The hour-long programme, organised by local community groups with support from the Nepalese consulate, coincided with a national day of mourning in Nepal on September 7. Addressing the crowd, Satish Gurung, the acting consul general for Nepal in Hong Kong, said it was a “very difficult time” for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366681/hong-kongs-nepalis-gather-prayers-13th-day-flood-mourning https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366681/hong-kongs-nepalis-gather-prayers-13th-day-flood-mourning Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:45:34 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari Nepal is seeking financial aid following the catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, tapping a global financial mechanism established to address the impacts of climate change in developing countries. Kathmandu has formally requested the UN-backed Fund for responding to Loss and Damage to “respond rapidly, directly and effectively” amid the country’s worst natural disaster in decades. In a letter signed by Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366581/nepals-us25-billion-flood-bill-puts-un-climate-fund-its-biggest-test-yet https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366581/nepals-us25-billion-flood-bill-puts-un-climate-fund-its-biggest-test-yet Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:07 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong China is using the world’s most powerful geostationary weather satellite to track severe thunderstorms over Nepal and deliver real-time intelligence as the two countries continue search and rescue operations following last month’s devastating glacier collapse. The Fengyun‑4C satellite – launched last December and now positioned 36,000km (22,000 miles) above the equator – carries a Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) that captures 500 frames per second, sifting through 30 gigabits of data every second... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3366535/worlds-most-powerful-lightning-chasing-satellite-joins-china-nepal-flood-relief-efforts https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3366535/worlds-most-powerful-lightning-chasing-satellite-joins-china-nepal-flood-relief-efforts Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:47:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Rescuers pulled out a 64-year-old Nepali woman alive on Saturday from her home, buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago, killing over 1,300 people and leaving at least 5,500 missing. Emergency personnel said earlier they had rescued a Chinese man, named only as Luhaitao, found alive inside a 225-metre tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. Footage ‌shared by the Nepali army showed him being given... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3366486/chinese-man-nepali-woman-found-alive-10-days-after-flood https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3366486/chinese-man-nepali-woman-found-alive-10-days-after-flood Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:10:16 +0000 CNA CNA Police are investigating “shameful” racist and xenophobic online comments about the China-Nepal disaster and Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) investment in Air India, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday. Mr Shanmugam told reporters that the Ministry of Digital Development and Information will also ask social media platforms to remove comments that breach guidelines. “The media tells me that they had to remove several comments because they were so nasty. I don’t know if all the comments are all... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366484/singapore-investigates-racism-related-nepal-tibet-disaster-air-india-investment https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366484/singapore-investigates-racism-related-nepal-tibet-disaster-air-india-investment Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:30:42 +0000 Soniya Rijal,Nader Naderpajouh Soniya Rijal,Nader Naderpajouh Hearts across the globe are aching for communities along the Nepal-Tibet border. Late last month, a catastrophic flash flood ripped apart whole villages and swept away dozens of vital bridges and roads. It has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, with authorities racing to find thousands more who are unaccounted for and free hundreds of workers trapped in a hydropower tunnel. In the wake of the flood, the world has rallied to support ongoing rescue and humanitarian efforts. But as with... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/opinion/article/3366414/after-nepal-tibet-floods-recovery-depends-grass-roots-solidarity https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/opinion/article/3366414/after-nepal-tibet-floods-recovery-depends-grass-roots-solidarity Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:00:07 +0000 Laura Zhou Laura Zhou Cross-border disasters along China’s frontiers are putting Beijing’s neighbourhood diplomacy to the test as climate shocks grow and expose strategic vulnerabilities. The stakes were highlighted last week after a sudden glacial collapse in the Himalayas unleashed a torrent of mud and flooding that ravaged nearby villages and the Gyirong Port between China and Nepal, leaving more than 1,250 dead in Nepal and 21 dead in the Tibet autonomous region. Thousands also remain missing. Beyond the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366345/how-natural-disasters-are-putting-chinas-neighbourhood-diplomacy-test https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366345/how-natural-disasters-are-putting-chinas-neighbourhood-diplomacy-test Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:07 +0000 Kristen Cheung,Eric Jiang Kristen Cheung,Eric Jiang A Hong Kong Nepalese man is searching for his cousin who is missing after the catastrophic flood struck the Himalayan border between Nepal and Tibet. Y.B. Gurung, a 64-year-old retiree, told the South China Morning Post that he last spoke with his tour guide cousin Raju Gurung, 40, at 8am on August 26, shortly before a massive glacial collapse triggered the flash flood that washed away villages and left at least 1,225 people dead. “I cannot sleep every night. I am praying every day that he was... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366277/i-cannot-sleep-hong-kong-nepalese-man-searches-cousin-missing-flood https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366277/i-cannot-sleep-hong-kong-nepalese-man-searches-cousin-missing-flood Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:23:13 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari Rajendra Lama’s phone has barely stopped buzzing. In between coordinating rescue operations for flood survivors with the Nepal Mountaineering Association and running his travel company, he spends his days communicating with anxious tour groups, trying to persuade them not to cancel their trips. “We have a crisis in one part of the country, but we’re open elsewhere and are not affected by the floods,” said Lama, a tourism entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience. “I’m just trying to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366231/nepal-not-closed-tour-operators-battle-flood-fallout-urge-visitors-return https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3366231/nepal-not-closed-tour-operators-battle-flood-fallout-urge-visitors-return Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:10 +0000 Carol Yang Carol Yang Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to become more unstable, which may lead to more collapses and collateral disasters, a senior climate official warns as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic landslide and flood on the China-Nepal border continues to rise. “Over the past 60 years, the glacier area on the Tibetan Plateau has shrunk by around 24 per cent, with around 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely,” Gao Rong, deputy director of China’s National Climate Centre, said on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3366180/unstable-tibetan-plateau-risks-cascading-disasters-glacier-losses-mount-nepal-china https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3366180/unstable-tibetan-plateau-risks-cascading-disasters-glacier-losses-mount-nepal-china Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:56:19 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words. Every monsoon season, the Himalayan regions of Tibet and Nepal face the threat of recurring, destructive debris flows. These mud-and-rock avalanches are not purely random natural disasters. They stem from inherently fragile mountain geology, extreme terrain and increasingly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3366047/china-nepal-floods-engineering-fixes-are-only-band-aid https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3366047/china-nepal-floods-engineering-fixes-are-only-band-aid Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:30:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Nepal urged international travellers not to abandon the Himalayas, declaring the country open for tourism as it continues to assess the human and economic toll from catastrophic floods that killed more than a thousand people. “Our mountain trails, trekking routes are still waiting for you,” Tourism Minister Khadak Raj Paudel said in a video message on social media, using the hashtag #NepalCalling. “Your coming to Nepal this time does not mean only a holiday. It’s a big support to the country... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3366061/flood-hit-nepal-urges-tourists-return-our-mountain-trails-are-waiting-you https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3366061/flood-hit-nepal-urges-tourists-return-our-mountain-trails-are-waiting-you Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:05:02 +0000 Zhengxu Wang Zhengxu Wang On August 26, a section of glacier collapsed at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres on the Nepalese side of the Himalayas. The falling ice and rock accelerated down a steep valley at about 50 metres per second, scouring debris and transforming into a high-speed mudslide that slammed into Gyirong Port on the Chinese side just seven minutes later. The force of the flow largely buried and obliterated the border facilities. Hundreds of people, many of them travellers, remain missing on the Chinese... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3365825/nepal-china-floods-highlight-growing-front-climate-change-crisis https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3365825/nepal-china-floods-highlight-growing-front-climate-change-crisis Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:30:07 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Not even the world’s fastest sprinters could have outrun the devastating floodwaters that struck a border crossing between China and Nepal last week, according to one of the first peer-reviewed assessments of the disaster. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) calculated that the surface velocity of the debris flow was 19 metres per second (62 feet per second) when it struck the checkpoint at Gyirong Port in Tibet. This is almost twice Usain Bolt’s average speed when he set the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3366020/china-nepal-floods-first-research-shows-no-one-could-have-outrun-debris-flow https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3366020/china-nepal-floods-first-research-shows-no-one-could-have-outrun-debris-flow Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:13 +0000 Meredith Chen Meredith Chen Residents and rescuers in the Tibet autonomous region paused for three minutes on Tuesday morning to remember the victims of last week’s mudslide disaster. Sirens sounded for three minutes from 9.55am at the Gyirong Port police station, with similar memorials at rescue and road-reopening sites throughout the region, according to state broadcaster CCTV. More than 1,000 people died and thousands remain missing along the China-Nepal border area after a glacier collapsed at Langtang Lirung on the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366006/glacier-risk-hangs-over-china-nepal-border-region-remembers-mudslide-victims https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3366006/glacier-risk-hangs-over-china-nepal-border-region-remembers-mudslide-victims Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:36:05 +0000 Cannix Yau,Leopold Chen Cannix Yau,Leopold Chen Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and his business empire, along with Henderson Land Development and the Lee Shau Kee Foundation, have pledged 15 million yuan (US$2.2 million) each to support relief efforts for victims of the deadly flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border. Nina Wang Charity Management also pledged HK$10 million (US$1.27 million) to support relief efforts. CK Asset Holdings, CK Hutchison Holdings and the Li Ka Shing Foundation, as well as Henderson Land and the Lee Shau Kee... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365991/ck-hutchison-henderson-land-donate-15-million-yuan-each-nepal-tibet-flood-relief https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365991/ck-hutchison-henderson-land-donate-15-million-yuan-each-nepal-tibet-flood-relief Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:57:01 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang China tennis star Zheng Qinwen has given 1 million yuan (US$150,000) to help the disaster relief efforts in Nepal and Tibet, a charity group has revealed. In a post on its official social media account, the China Charity Federation said Zheng had made the donation in response to the flash flood that has claimed the lives of at least 950 people, while more than 4,000 are still missing. The Olympic gold medallist, who is through to the second round of the US Open after beating Kristina Liutova on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3365913/china-tennis-star-zheng-qinwen-donates-1-million-yuan-victims-nepal-disaster https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/tennis/article/3365913/china-tennis-star-zheng-qinwen-donates-1-million-yuan-victims-nepal-disaster Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:30:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received another warning by phone. Moments later, a parent arrived to take her child home. The danger had not yet been confirmed, but Dawadi, the principal, had little time to act. He rang the school bell and ordered his students and staff out of the building and towards higher ground. “I... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365908/nepal-floods-meet-principal-whose-quick-thinking-saved-900-students https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365908/nepal-floods-meet-principal-whose-quick-thinking-saved-900-students Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:26:04 +0000 Theodora Yu Theodora Yu Around a hundred patrons packed a bar in Central on Monday night to raise funds for victims of catastrophic flash floods and mudslides in Nepal, as members of Hong Kong’s Nepalese community rallied to support relief efforts for their homeland. The death toll in Nepal had risen to 919 as of 1pm on Monday, with 4,247 people still missing, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. The disaster struck on Wednesday when a massive wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river along the Himalayan border... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365888/central-bar-packed-hongkongers-aim-raise-hk50000-nepal-flood-relief https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365888/central-bar-packed-hongkongers-aim-raise-hk50000-nepal-flood-relief Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:35:50 +0000 Meredith Chen Meredith Chen China warned on Monday there was a “major risk” of further glacier collapses and landslides along the border with Nepal as the death toll from last week’s deadly mudslide rose to close to 1,000. The Ministry of Water Resources said there was an ongoing threat along the Cuojian River in Nepal, a waterway that flows into the Purepuqiang River in Tibet, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Downstream in Tibet there was also a risk that further landslides would cause a new barrier lake to form,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365810/rescue-work-intensifies-death-toll-china-nepal-disaster-approaches-1000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365810/rescue-work-intensifies-death-toll-china-nepal-disaster-approaches-1000 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:05:26 +0000 Bibek Bhandari Bibek Bhandari The Nepalese government has appealed for rescue aid from other countries just two days after it reportedly refused help, as several hundred people are still believed to be trapped in hydropower tunnels and thousands remain missing following the catastrophic flash flooding at the border with China last week. Kathmandu’s apparent reversal reflects caution born from its chaotic experience with foreign teams after the 2015 earthquake, according to observers. Other factors include the government’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3365787/nepal-floods-could-foreign-rescue-teams-have-been-brought-earlier https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3365787/nepal-floods-could-foreign-rescue-teams-have-been-brought-earlier Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:45:21 +0000 Narayan Adhikari Narayan Adhikari As the waters of the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers recede, leaving behind mud, debris and damaged infrastructure, a familiar pattern is visible in Nepal. When disaster strikes, the country’s usual political divisions, cronyism and institutional mistrust give way, for a while, to real unity. Across party lines, political leaders worked around the clock alongside security forces. Digital channels opened for the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, a “one-door policy” was enforced to prevent... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3365734/behind-nepal-china-border-floods-lie-bad-politics https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3365734/behind-nepal-china-border-floods-lie-bad-politics Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:30:07 +0000 Xinlu Liang,Shi Huang Xinlu Liang,Shi Huang China said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing after last week’s deadly floods along the border between its Tibet autonomous region and Nepal. The missing foreigners were from 23 different countries and included 104 Nepalese citizens, authorities in Tibet’s Gyirong county told reporters. Also unaccounted for are 49 people from India; 33 Latvians; 18 from the United States; 15 from Britain; six each from Canada and Australia; four from South Africa; three each from Malaysia, Germany... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365730/china-nepal-floods-hundreds-foreigners-missing-tibet-after-disaster https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365730/china-nepal-floods-hundreds-foreigners-missing-tibet-after-disaster Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:31:37 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nepali army rescuers broke through to a hydropower tunnel on Saturday and began pumping air and sending a camera inside, raising hopes of reaching workers trapped since devastating floods struck the site three days earlier. Nepal’s government says more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects, with rescue efforts focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites. Those trapped are among 933 hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept down on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365721/nepal-floods-rescuers-send-air-pipe-tunnel-trapped-workers https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365721/nepal-floods-rescuers-send-air-pipe-tunnel-trapped-workers Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:38:22 +0000 Carol Yang Carol Yang Video footage taken moments before a catastrophic mudslide hit a border post in Tibet this week shows how one police officer stationed there tried to guide civilians to safety. The clip, which shows the officer trying to direct people away from the police station at Gyirong Port, went viral online in China over the weekend. State broadcaster CCTV said the officer, whom it named as Huang Peng, also rushed into a nearby tourist service centre to tell those inside to evacuate. The 34-year-old, who... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365701/china-nepal-floods-police-officer-filmed-guiding-people-away-stricken-border-post https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365701/china-nepal-floods-police-officer-filmed-guiding-people-away-stricken-border-post Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Connor Mycroft,Cannix Yau Connor Mycroft,Cannix Yau Hong Kong’s Nepalese community and other local organisations have launched fundraising drives to support those affected by deadly flash floods at the Himalayan nation’s border with the Tibet autonomous region, as the city government earmarked HK$50 million (US$6.38 million) to support relief efforts. In a social media post on Saturday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the HK$50 million would come from the Disaster Relief Fund and that its advisory committee would process applications... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365696/hong-kong-sets-aside-hk50-million-relief-fund-nepal-tibet-flood-victims https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3365696/hong-kong-sets-aside-hk50-million-relief-fund-nepal-tibet-flood-victims Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:56:01 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them on Friday, she caught herself. “I shouldn’t talk in past tense yet,” she said. “We don’t know anything.” As rescuers continued pulling survivors from the mud, family members of some of the more... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365688/us-families-hold-out-hope-relatives-lost-nepal-floods https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365688/us-families-hold-out-hope-relatives-lost-nepal-floods Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:12:13 +0000 Laura Zhou,Carol Yang Laura Zhou,Carol Yang China has sent nine specialist tunnel rescuers to Nepal to help with emergency operations following a direct request from Kathmandu, as search teams race against time to find survivors from Wednesday’s devastating floods. Seven people have been confirmed dead on the Chinese side, with 544 still missing as the rescue operation passed a critical 72-hour window. In Nepal, at least 675 have died and nearly 2,500 – hundreds of them foreigners – are missing. Five of the Chinese tunnel experts were... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365686/china-nepal-floods-rescuers-pull-2-survivors-out-rubble-near-tibet-border-crossing https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365686/china-nepal-floods-rescuers-pull-2-survivors-out-rubble-near-tibet-border-crossing Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:47:24 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed 676 people and left nearly 3,000 missing. The rescue efforts included a team that rappelled into a severely damaged checkpoint area on the Chinese side of the border between the two countries. Rescuers were on high alert for more flooding from a new lake that formed high up in the Himalayan mountains after the initial... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365668/china-nepal-floods-rescuers-pull-out-survivors-caked-mud-toll-climbs https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365668/china-nepal-floods-rescuers-pull-out-survivors-caked-mud-toll-climbs Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:21:45 +0000 Chao Kong Chao Kong “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 how much chaos or disorder was building up in a complex system. The results were released just days before a catastrophic flash flood struck the Nepal-China border, killing hundreds and leaving a trail of devastation along the way. Chen Xiaosong,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365514/asian-water-tower-starting-wobble-computer-simulations-show https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365514/asian-water-tower-starting-wobble-computer-simulations-show Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:14 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Within hours of a devastating glacier collapse on the China-Nepal border, a Beijing-based satellite company had already redirected six of its satellites to survey the disaster zone. The high-resolution radar images they captured revealed a massive collapse site near a remote mountain pass. Unlike optical sensors, radar signals can pierce through haze and cloud, mapping terrain changes with high precision even in the rugged Himalayan plateau. The swift commercial response also underscores a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365639/chinas-radar-satellites-capture-sharp-images-glacier-collapse-site-nepal https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365639/chinas-radar-satellites-capture-sharp-images-glacier-collapse-site-nepal Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:40:29 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela To scientists, the cause of this week’s deadly flash flood on the border between China and Nepal is clear: a glacier high on the Nepal side of the Himalayan range collapsed, sending catastrophic amounts of water and debris downstream. Initial uncertainty over the cause of the event fuelled a wave of misinformation on social media, some of which pinned the blame for the event on Chinese-built infrastructure in the region. But a war of information over China’s activities in the region continued to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365633/how-nepal-flash-flood-unleashed-wave-anti-china-misinformation https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365633/how-nepal-flash-flood-unleashed-wave-anti-china-misinformation Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:58:16 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang This week’s devastating floods on the China-Nepal border could be a catalyst for joint early-warning systems, particularly in relation to a proposed rail link between the countries. Rescuers were still struggling on Thursday to reach Gyirong Port in the Tibet autonomous region where a mudslide struck a day earlier, following flash floods from Nepal. The port is the region’s main foreign trade gateway, which handles a third of China’s trade with its neighbour. Gyirong is also one end of a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365587/could-china-nepal-disaster-spur-safety-rethink-flagship-rail-project https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3365587/could-china-nepal-disaster-spur-safety-rethink-flagship-rail-project Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:08 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Chinese scientists have developed a cross-border early warning system with counterparts in Nepal to monitor Himalayan glacial lake outburst floods. The system has issued timely alerts over the past several years, effectively preventing casualties. But on Wednesday, a high-altitude ice-rock avalanche took everyone by surprise. The debris flow hit a river in Nepal, generating a devastating flash flood that swept all the way down to Gyirong county in the Tibet autonomous region in China. Some... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365488/china-and-nepal-built-early-warning-system-melting-glaciers-himalayas-does-it-work https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3365488/china-and-nepal-built-early-warning-system-melting-glaciers-himalayas-does-it-work Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:34:34 +0000 Alyssa Chen,Cao Jiaxuan Alyssa Chen,Cao Jiaxuan The catastrophic flash floods and mudslide that devastated the Gyirong Port crossing along the China-Nepal border on Wednesday have dealt a heavy blow to China-Nepal trade and imperilled Kathmandu’s push to cut reliance on Indian transit routes. However, if Beijing and Kathmandu are to proceed with ambitious infrastructure projects, they are expected to take environmental factors into consideration and adjust their construction methods accordingly, one expert said. Chinese officials confirmed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365486/himalayan-glacier-collapse-hits-crucial-china-nepal-trade-route-casualties-mount https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365486/himalayan-glacier-collapse-hits-crucial-china-nepal-trade-route-casualties-mount Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:30:03 +0000