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Nepal-Tibet flash floods: Death toll rises to 472

Published : Friday, 28 August, 2026 at 10:27 AM

Observer Online Report

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The death toll from catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border region has risen to at least 472.

New casualty figures emerged 48 hours after severe flash floods struck the border area on Wednesday morning.

Nepal Police confirmed on Friday that the death toll within Nepal reached at least 469.

Earlier, Chinese state media reported three fatalities in Tibet from the disaster, taking the total combined death toll across Nepal and Tibet to 472.

More than 1,400 people, including hundreds of foreign nationals, remain missing following the disaster, news agency AFP reported.

BBC reported that over 550 individuals are missing in Tibet alone.

Rescuers searching for survivors remain anxious and on high alert following reports that a secondary flood could strike the devastated area, a Red Cross official told the BBC.

Water levels swelled near the China-Nepal border, forming an artificial lake that risks overflowing, reported BBC journalist Laura Bicker from Beijing.

While analysis of the disaster's cause continues, scientists analyzing satellite imagery stated that a massive landslide of ice and rock collapsed from the northern slope of Nepal's Langtang Lirung Mountain into the Lohende Khola River.

The debris temporarily dammed the river's flow before breaching, sending a violent torrent of water, ice, rocks, and mud downstream.

-SA

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