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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

2026 China-Nepal flash floods
The latest news, analysis and opinion on 2026 China-Nepal flash floods. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Victims of the disaster are mourned at the Non-Resident Nepalese Association office in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Silvia Siu
Hong Kong

‘I cannot sleep’: Hong Kong Nepalese man searches for cousin missing in flood

Y.B. Gurung said he last spoke with his cousin shortly before massive glacial collapse and was asking Chinese embassy for help.

Nepal

Nepal’s tourism industry warns of ‘existential crisis’ after flood disaster

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Nepal

Video | Funerals and DNA tests in Nepal a week after disaster

Accidents and disasters in China

Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount

Experts find downstream erosion is critical to scale of destruction as death toll continues to rise from China-Nepal landslide and floods.

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The landslide and flooding sparked by a glacial disaster on August 26 has prompted experts to reassess disaster factors, such as how much debris is downhill. Photo: USGS/Landsat 9/Reuters
Nepal

Letters | China-Nepal floods: engineering fixes are only a band-aid

Readers discuss the best long-term defence against Himalayan disasters, the Ukraine war, and development of the Northern Metropolis in Hong Kong.

Mainland China

Video | Search and rescue efforts continue after China-Nepal disaster

A British national and 118 Nepalese citizens were rescued in the latest rescue operations.

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Nepal

Nepal urges tourists to return, says ‘mountain trails are waiting for you’

The plea comes as the calamity threatens to deter international visitors even from parts of Nepal largely untouched by the disaster.

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A drone view shows excavators and rescue equipment at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port following the August 26 mudslide in Shigatse, China’s Tibet autonomous region, on Tuesday. Photo: cnsphoto/Reuters
Nepal

Opinion | Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisis

Rising sea levels, extreme weather and drought all remain concerns, but destabilised ice and snow at high altitudes is increasingly a threat.

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Science

China-Nepal floods: first research shows no one could have outrun debris flow

First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when it struck a border crossing in Tibet.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Glacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victims

Emergency crews and residents stop to commemorate the more than 1,000 dead in last week’s disaster.

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Rescue workers stop to remember the victims of the August 26 mudslide, in Gyirong county, Shigatse, on Tuesday. Photo: via Reuters
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong tycoon empires, foundations vow 30m yuan for China-Nepal flood relief

Li Ka-shing and business empire, along with Henderson Land Development and Lee Shau Kee Foundation provide help after Nepal-Tibet disaster.

Rescuers observe a moment of silence for the victims of the mudslide in Gyirong county, Tibet. Photo: AP
Nepal

Video | China holds memorial services for mudslide victims

The services were held at the Gyirong Port branch of the Xigaze Public Security Bureau and at rescue sites.

Nepal

Video | Girl rescued from muddy debris in Nepal

Manisha Magar was reunited with her parents after she was pulled from mud and wreckage that had trapped her for around 60 hours.

Nepal

Video | Family returns to turquoise house that withstood Nepal floods

The family of 5 that had been trapped in the home during the floods said they had been ‘reborn’ as they returned to survey the damage around the property.

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Zheng Qinwen

Tennis star Zheng Qinwen donates 1 million yuan to victims of Nepal disaster

Olympic gold medallist says money to be directed to ‘emergency relief, transitional resettlement and post-disaster reconstruction’.

Zheng Qinwen hits a return against Kristina Liutova during their women’s singles first round match at the US Open. Photo: Getty Images
Nepal

Nepal floods: meet the principal whose quick thinking saved 900 students

More than 4,400 remain missing in Nepal and China after the devastating flash floods, unleashed after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas.

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Hong Kong society

Central bar packed as Hongkongers aim to raise HK$50,000 for Nepal flood relief

Five Nepalese operators and bartenders launch signature cocktails at Orchard to raise funds for flood relief as community rallies.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China warns of ‘major’ glacier collapse risk as landslide death toll nears 1,000

Rescue teams continues their efforts to reach the Gyirong Port border crossing as bad weather is forecast over the coming days.

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Firefighters and sniffer dogs conduct a search for missing people along a road leading towards Gyirong Port following a mudslide in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet autonomous region, China on August 30, 2026. Photo: via Reuters
Nepal

Video | Nepal digs mass graves for unidentified flood victims

Authorities have dug hundreds of graves in Chitwan’s Devghat forest, nearly 200km (124 miles) from the flood-ravaged valleys of Rasuwa, where the disaster struck last Wednesday.

Nepal

Nepal floods: could foreign rescue teams have been brought in earlier?

In the immediate aftermath of the floods, the government refused overseas help, only to reverse its decision days later.

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Nepal

Opinion | Why Nepal-China floods are more than a natural disaster

While the solidarity on display in the wake of the disaster is commendable, the tragedy must not be viewed as an unpredictable, unpreventable act of nature.

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A drone view shows mud covering properties following a flash flood in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27. Photo: Reuters
Accidents and disasters in China

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted

Nepalese and Indians account for more than half of nationals from 23 countries missing after devastating glacier collapse four days ago.

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Chinese rescue teams search the Gyirong border crossing that was destroyed in Wednesday’s floods and mudslides. Photo: Xinhua
Nepal

Nepal floods: rescuers send air pipe into tunnel with trapped workers

There could be over 100 survivors stuck inside the tunnels, and the breakthrough raises hopes that rescue teams will be able to reach them.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China-Nepal floods: police officer filmed guiding people away from border post

Footage from Gyirong Port in Tibet shows how Huang Peng tried to guide civilians to safety moments before the crossing was destroyed.

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Hong Kong society

China-Nepal floods: Hong Kong groups to aid victims as government pledges HK$50m

City’s Nepalese community and other charities step up fundraising efforts, while Chief Executive John Lee vows swift processing of relief funds.

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Hong Kong will set aside HK$50 million from its Disaster Relief Fund for emergency projects after deadly flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border. Photo: Reuters
Nepal

US families hold out hope for relatives lost in Nepal floods

About 90 Americans are among those unaccounted for, according to the US State Department.

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People look at photographs of missing people following flash floods at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday. Photo: EPA
Accidents and disasters in China

China sends 9 tunnel experts to Nepal as flood rescuers race against time

Move follows direct request from Kathmandu, Beijing says, as more than 100 people remain trapped inside multiple hydropower tunnels in Nepal.

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Nepal

China-Nepal floods: rescuers pull out survivors caked in mud as toll climbs

Nepal has reversed an earlier decision and says it will allow foreign teams and experts to help with rescue efforts.

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