Floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border have resulted in over 1,400 deaths and more than 5,000 injuries, with hundreds believed trapped inside hydroelectric power plant tunnels.
Foreign news agencies reported that the death toll from massive landslides and floods at the Nepal-China (Tibet) border rose to 1,400 by Tuesday, 8 Sep 2026 GMT+7, with 5,845 people still missing nearly two weeks after the disaster struck on 26 Aug.
Nepal's disaster relief agency stated that the death count within Nepal has risen to 1,357, with 5,326 missing. Meanwhile, Chinese state media confirmed 43 deaths and 519 missing on the Chinese side.
Officials in Nepal are working to verify the number of missing by collecting information from across the country.
“We are compiling and verifying reports, which has caused the numbers to increase,” said Prakash Pokhrel, assistant spokesperson for Nepal's disaster relief agency, to AFP. “We are striving to get figures as close to reality as possible.”
Rescue efforts in Nepal have entered their 14th day after a Himalayan glacier collapsed into a river, creating massive flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border and the river corridor, destroying roads, bridges, and homes.
The disaster relief agency said Nepalese rescue teams are focusing on three hydroelectric power projects where workers are believed trapped inside.
More than 900 hydroelectric plant workers are among the missing. The recent rescue of three workers from deep tunnels on Friday and Saturday has raised hopes that others may still be alive.
“Our search and rescue operations continue,” Tharam Raj Upreti, head of Nepal’s disaster relief agency, told AFP. “We hope that survivors remain in at least three projects and are accelerating operations in those areas.”
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it has not lost hope of finding survivors. “The hope to find survivors remains, and the reported number of missing inside the tunnels is still being verified.”
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Source:cna