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Nepal on high alert for fresh flooding after river levels rise as death toll soars past 800

Residents in flood-affected districts in Nepal were warned to remain on high alert for possible fresh flooding as rescuers scrambled to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese…

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Nepal flood death toll climbs as work ramps up to find hundreds of people still missing

Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority in Nepal said 826 people were missing and the death toll from…

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