Nepal halted rescue work in the flood-hit Trishuli valley on August 28, 2026, after a lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border began to overflow. The catastrophic flood on August 26, 2026, caused by a glacier collapse, resulted in the deaths of 489 people in Nepal and five in China's Tibet, with almost 1,000 more reported missing in the two regions.
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Satellite Photos Show Damage from Flash Flood in Nepal
Rescue operations in Nepal's Trishuli valley were suspended on August 28, 2026, due to an overflowing lake formed by a landslide. The flood, triggered by a glacier collapse on August 26, 2026, has resulted in 489 fatalities in Nepal and five in Tibet, with nearly 1,000 individuals still unaccounted for.
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