{
  "id": 3684822,
  "title": "Search underway for 1,300 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/search-underway-for-1-300-missing-after-deadly-nepal-tibet-floods",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T06:14:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2025473/search-underway-for-1300-missing-after-deadly-nepal-tibet-floods"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A massive flood and landslide disaster claimed at least 165 lives and left over 1,300 people missing along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday. Surveillance video captured a wall of mud and debris engulfing a multi-story building, while buses and cars were swept away as people desperately ran for safety. The cause of the disaster, believed to be a glacial collapse, resulted in a tsunami-like surge of water and mud that struck villages and towns along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. Nepali police have recovered 162 bodies, with another 823 people still missing, including 579 Nepali and foreign tourists. Chinese state media reported three deaths and 558 missing, with 260 foreigners unaccounted for. Nepal's Prime Minister visited the affected area to assess the situation, while the Nepali Army and Chinese authorities mobilized rescue teams and resources. Tourism officials said 47 people from a group, including two children, were missing. The disaster impacted seven Nepali districts, with the death toll expected to rise as search efforts continue.",
  "summary": "Rescue teams rushed Thursday to find more than 1,300 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 165 and swept away entire villages. A terrifying clip of surveillance video from the Chinese side of the frontier shows a massive wall of mud and debris crashing over a building several stories high on Wednesday morning, engulfing it as dozens of people…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Nepal-Tibet floods: What happened, what caused them and who is missing?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nepal-tibet-floods-what-happened-what-caused-them-and-who-is-missing",
        "published": "2026-08-27T04:57:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Search expands after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/search-expands-after-deadly-nepal-tibet-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:12:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Nepal-Tibet flash floods: Death toll rises, more than 1,300 missing after glacial collapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-death-toll-rises-more-than-1-300-missing",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:54:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Nepal-Tibet flash flood: US vows $500,000 aid after ‘devastating floods’ claim 165+ lives, 63 US citizens missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-us-vows-500-000-aid-after-devastating-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-27T06:04:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Survivors say family members were swept away by Nepal-Tibet floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/survivors-say-family-members-were-swept-away-by-nepal-tibet-floods",
        "published": "2026-08-27T07:49:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}