Lake formed by landslide on Nepal-Tibet border overflows, halting rescue work
NUWAKOT: A lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border started to overflow on Friday, putting at risk areas devastated by a flash flood two days ago and forcing a temporary halt to rescue efforts, authorities on both sides said. Residents in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, on the border with China’s Tibet, were seen rushing up hillsides to escape any surge in the river level, according to a…
A landslide on the Nepal-China border created a lake that began overflowing on Friday, endangering areas devastated by a recent flash flood and halting rescue efforts, according to authorities in both countries. Concerned residents in Rasuwa district, Nepal, near the Chinese border, were seen fleeing to higher ground as the risk of a surge became apparent.
Chinese rescue teams and vehicles were ordered to stand by in a safe location due to the potential for the lake to burst. In Nepal, rescue operations were temporarily suspended for the next 90 minutes. The death toll from the glacier collapse on Wednesday rose to 469 in Nepal, with nearly 1,000 others missing in both Nepal and Tibet.
A torrent of rock, ice, mud, and debris swept through Himalayan mountain river systems following the collapse, destroying infrastructure along a route connecting Kathmandu to Lhasa in Tibet, a popular route for trekkers and pilgrims. At least 540 missing persons are foreigners. China dispatched an eight-member engineering team to conduct aerial surveys and 3D modeling of the lake on Thursday, and by Friday, the reservoir had reached 2.5 million cubic meters, up from the estimated 1.5-2 million cubic meters recorded the previous day.
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