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DISASTERSep 29After the Flood , Can China , Nepal , and India Move From Earth Observation to Regional Preparedness ? Following a flood, China, Nepal, and India are considering how to transition from earth observation to regional preparedness. This addresses post-disaster recovery and future disaster mitigation efforts among several nations.thediplomat.com · China
DISASTERSep 25A month after Nepal - China floods , families await answers about more than 50 missing UkrainiansOne month following floods impacting Nepal and China, families are still seeking information regarding over 50 missing Ukrainians. This underscores the lasting humanitarian impact and international dimension of the disaster.mymotherlode.com · United States
DISASTERSep 25Flood-ravaged Nepal pushes for climate deal with India, ChinaNepal’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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 25A month after Nepal - China floods , families await answers about more than 50 missing Ukrainiansabcnews.com · United States
DISASTERSep 17What the China-Nepal floods teach us about crisis communicationThe 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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 17Climate change was key factor in deadly Nepal-China flood, scientists sayResearchers said the flood was caused by a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability. A 2015 earthquake is also thought to have played a role.EuroNews [en]
DISASTERSep 11S . Korea sends 2nd relief team to Nepal as 9 nationals remain missingSouth Korea has dispatched a second relief team to Nepal, where several of its nationals remain missing. This indicates an ongoing international response to a disaster and efforts to locate missing persons.koreaherald.com · South Korea
DISASTERSep 7Hong Kong’s Nepalis gather for prayers on 13th day of flood mourningHundreds 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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 7As Nepal identifies those killed in the floods, questions grow over China's reportingOne week after the deadly floods, very little is known about China's dead or missing. China's control over media and digital censorship is in stark contrast to open reporting in Nepal.NPR News
DISASTERSep 6Photos: UN urges global aid after China, Nepal floods kill over 1,300Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 6China, Nepal race to find thousands still missing 12 days after floodsAl Jazeera [en]
DISASTERSep 4Nepal’s Floods Upset Its China-India Balancing ActTrade infrastructure was swept away. Nepal’s trade with China, which was already limited, will be further restricted after the August 26 floods.The Diplomat
DISASTERSep 4Bad weather hampers search for 9 missing Koreans in NepalBad weather is impeding the search efforts for nine missing Koreans in Nepal. This situation highlights the challenges faced in rescue operations amid adverse environmental conditions.koreaherald.com · South Korea
DISASTERSep 3Hong Kong Nepalese man searches for cousin missing in flood: ‘I cannot sleep’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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 3Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount in Nepal, ChinaGlaciers 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, told a...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 2Bodies excavated from worst flood-hit district near Nepal-China borderBodies are being excavated from the mud in Nepal's Rusawa district, which was devastated by the glacial flood.Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTERSep 2Intensive search under way for 9 Koreans missing in Nepal floodsAn intensive search is currently underway in Nepal for nine Koreans who are missing due to floods. This highlights a humanitarian concern following a natural disaster.koreatimes.co.kr · South Korea
DISASTERSep 1Nepal’s Deadly Floods Put China and India on EdgeGeopolitical conflict will only get worse with climate change.Foreign Policy
DISASTERSep 1Nepal-China floods highlight a growing front of the climate change crisisOn 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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1China-Nepal floods: first research shows that no one could have outrun debris flowNot 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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 1Glacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victimsResidents 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...South China Morning Post
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hopeLe Monde [en]
DISASTERSep 1Death toll from devastating floods in China and Nepal surpasses 1,000Al Jazeera [en]
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 1Death toll passes 1,000 from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, officials sayEuroNews [en]