Nepal-China Border Floods Kill Over 350, Leave 1,300 Missing

Rescue teams and military helicopters continued searching on Thursday, August 27, 2026, for hundreds of people missing along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic flood triggered by a glacier collapse the previous day. The disaster, which occurred on Wednesday, August 26, sent a torrent of water and mud several stories high through communities, killing more than 350 people and leaving over 1,300 missing, according to police. The deluge was caused by a magnitude 5.2 seismic event that the U.S. Geological Survey later identified as a glacier collapse, not an earthquake.