1,500 missing after glacial collapse in Nepal and Tibet Over 5,000 security personnel and emergency helicopters are delivering aid and searching for survivors. World 1 hour ago

Nearly 1,500 people, including at least 800 foreigners are missing across Nepal and China's Tibet, authorities said on Thursday, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys.

Videos show people being swept away while fleeing Security footage captured on the Chinese side of the border showed many people fleeing from a torrent of rock, mud and water that destroyed buildings and vehicles.

A CCTV footage shows people running away as wall of mud and water destroys buildings in a valley at Nepal-China border, in Gyirong, Tibet region, China August 26, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.