Tibet mudslide leaves over 550 missing, China warns of upstream risk

In the Himalayan region around Nepal and Tibet, on August 27, 2026, flash floods and a mudslide left hundreds of people missing. Reuters put the number missing in Tibet after the Nepal mudslide at more than 550, and China flagged a risk upstream. China also warned that a barrier lake on the Tibet-Nepal border could breach within 72 hours. Le Monde gave a toll of at least 180 dead and 1,300 missing, and the USGS said a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was behind the flash floods.

India's government said 290 Indians were missing and 84 had been rescued, and 63 Indian nationals were rescued from the Trishuli-1 power project site. UNICEF said at least 14 children had died and about 17,000 children were affected. Nepal and China warned of fresh flood risks with lakes threatening to burst, and aid was being rushed into Nepal and Tibet.