🎥 Nepal rescuers drill for 100 workers trapped in tunnels
Nepali army rescue teams were using drilling equipment on Saturday in a race to rescue more than 100 people trapped inside hydropower tunnels, three days after devastating floods struck the site.
"The government has been continuing efforts... to rescue people trapped inside the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in Rasuwa," the office of Nepal's prime minister said in a statement. "As part of these efforts, work to clear the tunnel entrance has been intensified since early Saturday morning," it said.
Those trapped are among 933 missing people who work on hydropower projects on the rivers where a wall of water swept down on Wednesday morning, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
The agency said on Thursday that the army had already rescued 350 people under "extremely risky" conditions, but that more than 100 remained trapped.
China sends experts to Nepal to help with tunnel rescue work
China has dispatched five tunnel experts from its Tibet region to Nepal for flood-related rescue work, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.
The assistance was sent via helicopter, at the request of the Nepal government for rescue operations at a hydropower station.
🎥 Nepali army uses helicopters to rescue flood survivors
With roads damaged by the deadly floods, the Nepali army is using helicopters to carry out rescue operations and transport survivors to safety. Meanwhile, skies remain overcast, with more rain expected in the coming hours, raising concerns about further flooding.
the broadcaster's Shahzaib Wahlah reports.
📸 In pictures: Flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing
Flash floods survivors wait outside army camp to be taken to safer place from Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026. © Dar Yasin, AP
A woman and her child rescued from an area cut off by flash flooding stands for registration in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026. © Dar Yasin, AP
A Nepalese army soldier carries an injured elderly woman rescued from an area cut off by flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026. © Dar Yasin, AP
Nepal says post-flood reconstruction could total 'billions of dollars'
Nepal's reconstruction bill after devastating floods could run into "billions of dollars", Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said, as authorities assess the scale of the destruction.
"The reconstruction and rehabilitation would entail perhaps billions of dollars," he told reporters in Kathmandu. "We will do loss and damage research and then we plan, but I am reaching out to our international community for support".
🎥 Nepalese gather at Kathmandu hospital in seach for loved ones
People in Nepal are gathering at Nepal University Hospital, where autopsies are being performed on bodies recovered after the devastating floods that killed thousands, in the hope of identifying and finding their loved ones.
the broadcaster's Shahzaib Wahlah reports.
India steps up glacier monitoring after Nepal disaster
India is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after deadly floods apparently triggered by a glacial collapse, authorities said.
The US Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday on the Tibet-Nepal border was caused by a glacial collapse that created a torrent of debris, with nearly 3,000 missing and 633 confirmed dead.
While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risks of such disasters.
Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal border disaster site wanes, Chinese authorities say
The threat of a lake formed after a glacier collapse bursting near the China-Nepal border where a devastating flood occurred earlier this week has decreased, Chinese authorities said, as its size appears to have shrunk.
Satellite images from Thursday to Saturday morning suggest that water in the lake – straddling the China-Nepal border at the confluence of two rivers – has been slowly flowing through, decreasing the reservoir gradually, state broadcaster CCTV reported citing the Water Resources Ministry.
The ministry said satellite imagery of the surface area of the lake at Purepu Tsangpo river showed it was 99,000 sqm in size – around the size of 14 football fields combined – having shrunk by 21,000 sqm compared with images from Thursday.
🎥 'We are going to see more events like this'
The scale of Nepal’s disaster cannot yet be fully measured. Entire communities remain difficult to reach, tens of thousands of people have been affected, and official assessments are only beginning.
But the central challenge is already clear: this cannot be treated solely as an immediate humanitarian emergency as signs suggest that the speed and destructive force of this extreme natural event could become more frequent.
the broadcaster's William Hilderbrandt welcomes David Fisher, Head of Delegation, Nepal International Federation of Red Cross who tells us more.
Death toll in flash floods climbs to 633 with nearly 3,000 people missing
The number of missing soared close to 3,000, latest figures from both countries showed, with 633 bodies recovered – and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India.
In an area home to vast energy infrastructure projects, Nepal's disaster authority added 933 hydropower workers to a missing persons list already including trekkers and pilgrims to Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash.
Those that made it out say they have lost everything and now face an agonising wait to discover the fate of missing loved ones, and the prospect of rebuilding their lives from nothing.
🎥 Relief camp shelters grieving families
Around 500 people are sheltering at a monastery-turned-relief camp in northern Kathmandu, where many families are still in shock after losing their homes and loved ones in the devastating Nepal floods.
the broadcaster's Shahzaib Wahlah reports from the camp as rescue teams continue searching for nearly 1,500 missing people.
🎥 Nepal-Tibet floods explained: The chain of events behind the disaster
A glacier broke apart. An ice and rock avalanche followed. Then came an earthquake, before a landslide triggered devastating floods that tore through kilometres of valley. This is what happened along the Nepal-China border, where rescue teams are still trying to recover survivors 48 hours after the catastrophe.
the broadcaster breaks down the chain of events and the scientific explanations behind the disaster.
Nepal's disaster agency says death toll in flash floods climbs to 626 with 2,426 people missing in the country
Nepal's disaster authority raised sharply the number of missing to 2,426 and increased the death toll in the country to 626, three days after devastating floods struck.
The list includes a large rise in Nepalis listed as missing, up from a total of 1,924 the previous night. The number of missing foreigners remains at 517, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
Nepal needs at least $4 billion for rebuilding, finance minister says
Nepal needs $4 billion to $5 billion for rebuilding after the devastating flood that struck its border areas this week, Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle said.
"This is just an estimate. Loss and damage is being assessed," he said.
Nepal flood death toll rises to 623
The devastating floods in the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 616 people, Nepali police said, three days after the disaster.
Chinese state media had earlier confirmed seven dead, taking the total killed to at least 623 dead.
Nepal needs help in technical areas, not search and rescue, foreign minister says
Nepal needs foreign help in specialised and technical areas in which it does not have expertise in the aftermath of the devastating flood that hit its Himalayan border with China this week, but not in search and rescue, its foreign minister Shisir Khanal said.
A glacier collapse on Wednesday unleashed a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems, killing nearly 600 people in Nepal and China's Tibet, with more than 2,000 still unaccounted for.
Khanal said Kathmandu needs foreign help in areas such as rescuing people stuck in tunnels, opening transport and communication services in places where bridges have been destroyed, identification of dead bodies, DNA testing and storing bodies for longer durations.
"We have already made requests for such specialised services and technical assistance in areas where we don't have enough expertise and technical knowhow," Khanal said.
Welcome to the the broadcaster liveblog covering the landslides in Nepal. You can catch up on yesterday's developments here.
(the broadcaster with Reuters, AP and AFP)
