South Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.

As of earlier this week, 30 Canadians were still missing after devastating floods

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...

The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, leaving a trail of destruction.

Khalte’s residents survived one disaster – but were left vulnerable to the next.

How do you warn people downstream about fast-moving hazards that can change form and cross borders?

Fighting drought and combating desertification are climate obligations.

Security guards at the Chinese Embassy in London appeared to threaten protesters outside of their premises with electroshock weapons. A video obtained by The i Paper and published last week shows security guards, standing behind a gate, waving the...

An earthquake of magnitude five struck Tibet on Thursday. Rescue operations continue following catastrophic flooding near the Gyirong border crossing. The only road to the crossing reopened, allowing heavy machinery access. Authorities reported twenty-one deaths and 541 people remain...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Tibet on Sep 3, 2026, at 13:46:38 IST, 14 km deep. NCS reported it near Uttarakhand, India.

Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry routes in eastern China’s Fujian province on Thursday, after forecasters warned of heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Saudel. Extreme weather has wreaked havoc in parts of China during the past few months,...

Glaciers 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...

On the morning of August 26, a glacial collapse caused catastrophic flooding and mudslides on the China-Nepal border, destroying a port and border crossing in Gyirong County in Shigatse, Tibet, and inundating communities on both sides of the border....

Darkened by soot from vehicles and factories, the region’s glaciers are absorbing more heat and melting at dangerous rates.

As rescue efforts have continued on both sides of the border following the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, a fight over how the disaster is being reported has been growing in intensity on social media. The dispute centers...

Social media dispute grows over China's alleged censorship of flood videos in Tibet, following BBC correspondent Laura Bicker's report.

More than 1, 000 people have died and thousands are missing, with communities relying on airlifted supplies.

Nepali families held symbolic funerals on Wednesday to “liberate the souls” of relatives missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago. Emergency teams have recovered more than 1,100 bodies,...

"Large numbers" of heavy machines have now reached the site in Gyirong where the Chinese border inspection complex once stood, along with equipment to reinforce search operations, says state broadcaster CCTV.

Villagers are picking up the pieces after a catastrophic flash flood ripped through the region.

The government has emphasised positive coverage of rescue efforts in Tibet. Across the border in Nepal, foreign journalists are telling a different story.

Nepal Police report more than 4,500 still missing as rights groups question Beijing’s information controls and restricted access to Tibet.

Nepal counted its dead and opened its data; Tibet’s losses vanished behind China’s digital erasure. The post The Nepal-Tibet Catastrophe: What Is China Hiding? first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The devastation in Tibet from flooding caused by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas was immediate and profound. Entire communities were left in shock, families were torn apart and countless ...

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China rose over 1,000 yesterday, authorities said, as rescue teams worked to reach communities cut off by the disaster. Nepal’s d...