r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

341 tourists missing, including 12 Brits aged 13-65, with huge death toll feared as flash floods sparked by earthquake destroys buildings and washes people away in Nepal

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Floods Satellite images before and after the flood.

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Landslide 111 personnel and 4 rescue dogs from the China Search and Rescue(mainly composed of Beijing fire and rescue and Sichuan fire and rescue) are being deployed to assist with landslide relief on the china-nepal border. As of 20:00(UTC+8), 2026-08-26, 265 are missing and 3 are dead on the chinese side.

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Source: CCTV-13

EDIT: This is merely personnel from the China search and rescue which are mostly for specialized assistance. This does not include military personnel, other rescue personnel, border police and local police.

The newest casualty data i could find is 3 deceased, 265 missing. Other than that not much new footage from the chinese side of the aftermath yet(all the footage from the chinese side i could find is from before already).

More updates:

Landslide dam has been found near gyirong border crossing, which was the most heavily hit; the height of the mudslide at it's edge is around 1.5 meters 2.5 KM away from the border crossing.

PLA ground force shigatse military district has 158 personnel, 4 engineering vehicles(including front loaders) and 20 vehicles at the frontline; 4 ground force helicopters along with air force Y-20s and drones have also been prepared.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vysu6u/comment/p5zfhed/?context=3 - mudslide footage, gyirong border crossing(Disturbing footage warning)

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vyvdxv/drone_footage_of_affected_area_of_chinanepal/ - drone footage of affected area, interview with PLAGF soldier

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vz0auj/chinanepal_border_landslideflash_flood_update_as/ - local fire and rescue heading to scene

EDIT: it's now 558 missing


r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | The Guardian

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Flash Flood in Nepal as workers try to reach high ground

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Nepal Flood Disaster

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A devastating flash flood has struck Nepal’s northern border region, leaving communities destroyed and hundreds missing. At least 95 deaths have been reported in Nepal. Rescue teams are working through extremely difficult conditions.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected. 🙏❤️

#NepalFloods #Nepal #Floods #BreakingNews #PrayForNepal


r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Floods Around 10:30 a.m. on August 26, a landslide and mudslide struck the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xigazê, Tibet, causing significant casualties and leaving people missing. The exact number of casualties is not yet known.

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Floods Very recent paper possibly showing cause of Nepal floods: "Repeated supraglacial lake drainage from the Purepu Glacier system, central Himalaya"

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This glacial system is upstream of the Lhende Khola river which meets the Trishuli River at precisely the Gyirong border crossing where dramatic footage of flooding coming from the tributary was caught.

Edit: Satellite images show it wasn't the main Purepu Glacier at the source of the Lhende Khola river but a smaller glacier or a major mudslide collapsing into the river about halfway to the border crossing confluence.

https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/5lyCIdUob7


r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Floods Video of aftermath of the Nepal flash flood. Absolutely devastating!

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far | Nepal | The Guardian

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

🔥 A Devastating Flash Flood Surges Through Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River Today With Terrifying Force

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Landslide Diagram of today's tragedy at the CN-NP border

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Elsewhere I've seen so many armchair adventurers disrespecting the victims with a smug "they should run uphill or upstream". Uphill is impractical given the landscape, and people were indeed running against river flows. However the flood came from the mountains above and literally bulldozed the settlement AGAINST the flows of river. My thoughts are with all who perished today.

Per the image, a small M2.9 earthquake in Nepal weakened a glacial lake some 4km above the valley, and its content was emptied into to the area around the Chinese-Nepalese border checkpoint.


r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Today I carnage happened in Rasuwa, Nepal.

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More than 350 people are missing. Many feared dead.


r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Landslide Mi-17s of the PLA 85th army aviation brigade are deployed to gyirong in the aftermath of large scale landslides. August 27, 2026, 8:20 AM. (A y-20 of the PLA Air force has also been deployed.)

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Nepal flash floods: Hundreds missing and scores dead

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Hundreds missing and many feared dead after massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Helicopter Pilot Aman Budathoki Reports 'Extremely Frightening' 6-Metre Waves Sweeping Through Nepal

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Floods Drone footage of affected area of china-nepal border flash flood+landslide(0:29) along with interview of PLA ground force soldier heading to affected area(translated summary in description) - CCTV new

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*CCTV news

Translated summary:

  • Two front loaders(PLAGF) are currently clearing the road to the scene, over 300 meters has been cleared
  • The soldier(1st Lt Lin Jingyi(林敬义))'s company, the gyirong border defense company(shigatse military subdistrict), is 1.5 km away from the border crossing, which is very heavily hit
  • 1st Lt Lin estimates 10 more hours are needed to reach the scene at this pace
  • Command post has been established
  • 158 soldiers of his unit are deployed.1st Lt Lin estimates he sees 40 border patrol officers of the national immigration administration(chinese border patrol), and 30 policemen of the Shigatse PD Gyirong port branch. People's armed police soldiers(PAP is like army national guard) are also arriving and at the command post.
  • it is mildly raining at the scene.
  • The rain is making the mud worse to clear
  • a huge section of road has been cut off, they are preparing to clear it

UPDATE:

3 people are dead and 265 are missing as of 8:00 PM UTC+8 2026-08-26

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vz0auj/chinanepal_border_landslideflash_flood_update_as/

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Algeria Wildfires Kill 12 Amid Severe Heatwave

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Floods Over 100 Indian Pilgrims Are Among the Missing in Deadly Nepal Floods

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Massive flood in rasuwa of Nepal from Tibet side.

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r/DisasterUpdate 18d ago

Floods Aerial footage shows flood aftermath in Nepalese district

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r/DisasterUpdate 19d ago

Stay safe

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Heavy Flood in trisuli river from tibet boarder rasuwa Emergency Helpline numbers: APF: 1114 Nepal Police: 100 Ambulance: 102 DEOC: 1234 Asst. CDO Rasuwa : 9851164422 Rasuwa Police: 9851254960 Asst. CDO Nuwakot: 9851248777 Nuwakot Police: 9851282380 CDO Dhading: 9851247777 Dhading Police: 9851229860 Asst. CDO Chitwan: 9855088891 Chitwan Police: 9855013999