27/08/2026 – 21:12 Red Cross mobilises in Nepal following natural disaster: ‘Entire villages & communities washed out’
François Picard spoke to Tommaso Della Longa, Spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
27/08/2026 – 19:30Testimonial: Tashi Sandu Tamang from Khangjim, Nepal
The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke this Thursday with Tashi Sandu Tamang, a Nepali man who runs a hotel in the village of Khangjim:”I’m currently at the hotel and I’m safe, but I lost 9 or 10 family members to the floodwaters. They lived near the Chinese border. Phone and internet connections are very poor, though they do work intermittently. That’s how I got the news.”My hotel is located on high ground, a 45-minute walk from the river. Yesterday, I saw the water coming; it was very dark due to the mud.”There are no tourists at the hotel right now.”
27/08/2026 – 19:08The death toll on the Nepal side climbs to 389
27/08/2026 – 18:55Testimonial: Dawa Tamang from Briddhim, Nepal
The FRANCE 24 Observers team spoke this Thursday with Dawa Tamang, a Nepali man currently in Kathmandu who usually works at a guesthouse in Briddhim:”I am in Kathmandu, but my wife is still there, and I haven’t heard from her. Communication is very difficult right now because there is no electricity or network coverage in the area… On top of that, it’s impossible to get there because the roads are impassable at the moment [due to the rainy season – Ed.]. “So, I’m going to try to charter a helicopter to go and pick up my wife and the people I know who are still there—to help them and get them out—either tomorrow or the day after, but it’s going to be expensive.”
27/08/2026 – 18:40 ‘Extremely challenging’ conditions hamper Nepal-Tibet flood rescue efforts
With more than 1,000 people still missing after the devastating flash flood that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, international rescue teams are working to locate survivors. However, as FRANCE 24’s Navodita Kumari reports, they are facing “extremely challenging” conditions due to the weather, mountainous terrain and lack of infrastructure.
27/08/2026 – 17:44US says 90 citizens missing after Nepal floods
The US State Department on Thursday said 90 Americans were missing after the Nepal floods, adding no US deaths had been reported.”We’re currently tracking 90 Americans who may be impacted by the flood, currently unaccounted for,” a spokesperson said.The State Department said it could confirm three Americans had been rescued and it was not aware of any US deaths.
27/08/2026 – 17:11Nepal, China warn of fresh flood risks with lakes threatening to burst
Nepal ?and China both warned ?on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that ?have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a region still grappling with this week’s catastrophic flood.Search and rescue operations are still under way in the debris-strewn ?valleys and ?hillsides, with nearly 1,000 people still missing after Wednesday’s ?flood struck the border regions of Nepal and China’s Tibet, killing at least 362 people.Both countries have blamed the ?flood on a glacier collapse that pushed rock, ice, mud and debris ?into river systems in the mountains.Nepal’s disaster authority issued a notice on Thursday, warning that a lake formed by debris blocking a river at ?the flood site is rising and at risk of bursting.
27/08/2026 – 16:19King Charles ‘heartbroken’ by Nepal-Tibet flash floods
King Charles III said Thursday he and Queen Camilla were “heartbroken” by the flash floods and landslides at the Nepal-Tibet border, as the UK government offered £5 million ($6.8 million) in aid.In a personally signed message posted on the royal family’s X account, the British monarch noted “many in the United Kingdom have strong, deep and personal ties to this part of the world”.”We send our most profound sympathy to all those who have so tragically lost their loved ones and we feel deeply for the many families awaiting anxiously the news of friends and relations,” he wrote.
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27/08/2026 – 15:59 Why were so many Indian pilgrims in Tibet during the Himalayan mudslide disaster?
Hundreds of Indian nationals are missing in Nepal and Tibet following a catastrophic Himalayan flood. They include several pilgrims doing the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a mountain in Tibet that holds sacred significance for Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and the Tibetan Bon religion, explains FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto.
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27/08/2026 – 13:53Nepal flood death toll rises to 362
Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 359 people, Nepali police said in an update, a day after the disaster along the Himalayan nation’s border with Tibet.”As of 5pm Thursday, 359 people have died,” Nepal Police said in a statement. Chinese state media had earlier reported “major casualties” from a mudslide at a Tibet border hub with three dead, taking the total killed to at least 362.
27/08/2026 – 13:45Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas
The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested.Scientists are still piecing together information from satellite and ground-level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood.© FRANCE 24
27/08/2026 – 13:39? Nepal flash flood: Disaster in a geological battleground zone
FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto takes a look at how the extreme geography of Nepal and Tibet, dominated by the Himilaya mountains, contributed to the initial confusion over the cause of catastrophic floods that have killed at least 180 people – now believed to be the result of a glacial collapse.
27/08/2026 – 13:38Nepal warns of fresh risk as lake in flood area threatens to burst
?A ?lake ?formed at ?the site where the flood in Nepal ?occurred ?is ?rising and ?is at risk ?of bursting, the country’s disaster authority ?said, as it appealed ?to residents and ?rescuers to stay away from the river ?banks.The blockage ?of ?a river on ?Wednesday led to the lake’s formation, the authority ?said.
27/08/2026 – 13:38Nepal’s police say the death toll in massive flash floods has risen to at least 353
27/08/2026 – 13:13Tales of survival emerge as others wait for news of the missing amid ongoing rescue operations
Survivors from Nepal’s flood-ravaged districts, some on stretchers, others gently supported by the shoulders, were airlifted to safety on Thursday as the constant roar of helicopters echoed across the devastated town of Bidur.Among the survivors was customs agent Omkar Joshi, who spent the previous night stranded on a hilltop in the border town of Timure before being rescued.”Everything is finished,” Joshi, 35, told AFP, his voice breaking with emotion.The town he fled had all but vanished beneath a torrent of water, mud and debris.”Ninety percent” of its people were dead, he said, swallowed by silt. “It is a giant graveyard. All that is left are sand and pebbles, soaked red by human blood.”He said hundreds of people survived only by scrambling up nearby slopes as floodwaters roared through the valley below.”It rained all night, but we stayed put till the choppers came for us,” he added.
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27/08/2026 – 13:09Nepal flood death toll rises to 332, local media says