Ten days after devastating floods and landslides hit the Himalayan region, the death toll on the Nepal-China border has risen to 1,375.
Publish dateSunday 6 September 2026 - 09:23
Story Code : 364737
Afghan Voice News Agency (AVA) - International Service: Local authorities in Nepal announced on Saturday that 1,344 people have died in the country and 4,898 are still missing. 2,232 DNA samples have been collected to identify the victims.
On the Chinese side, at least 31 people have died in the Tibet Autonomous Region and 531 others are missing. Including these figures, the total number of missing people in the disaster has reached 5,429. According to reports, 844 of the missing are foreign nationals.
The disaster occurred on August 26 (Sep 4) when a glacier on Nepal’s Langtang Lirong mountain broke at an altitude of about 5,200 meters. The break triggered a massive avalanche of ice and rocks that turned into a massive mudslide and swept through border valleys. Floods and landslides have devastated large areas, including parts of the Kathmandu Valley, and buried the Girong border crossing in Tibet under rubble.
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Friday (Sep 4) issued an urgent appeal for $49.6 million to provide life-saving assistance to flood victims in Nepal. Designed to help more than 84,000 people, the four-month project seeks to provide shelter, medical care, safe drinking water, and financial support to families left homeless in mountainous and inaccessible areas before winter sets in.
On the Chinese side, at least 31 people have died in the Tibet Autonomous Region and 531 others are missing. Including these figures, the total number of missing people in the disaster has reached 5,429. According to reports, 844 of the missing are foreign nationals.
The disaster occurred on August 26 (Sep 4) when a glacier on Nepal’s Langtang Lirong mountain broke at an altitude of about 5,200 meters. The break triggered a massive avalanche of ice and rocks that turned into a massive mudslide and swept through border valleys. Floods and landslides have devastated large areas, including parts of the Kathmandu Valley, and buried the Girong border crossing in Tibet under rubble.
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Friday (Sep 4) issued an urgent appeal for $49.6 million to provide life-saving assistance to flood victims in Nepal. Designed to help more than 84,000 people, the four-month project seeks to provide shelter, medical care, safe drinking water, and financial support to families left homeless in mountainous and inaccessible areas before winter sets in.
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