Hundreds missing, scores dead along Nepal, Tibet border following disastrous flash flooding and mud flow

August 27, 2026 / 3:23 AM EDT

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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 the country's flash floods rose to 165 on Thursday. Nepalese authorities ramped up operations in the worst-affected districts of Nuwakot and Rasuwa. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV separately reported that 558 people were missing in Tibet — 260 of them foreigners — and two villagers were rescued. At least three people were reported killed as of Thursday morning, it said.Hikmat Singh Ayer, CEO and senior director of Nepal's Tourism Board, told CBS News Wednesday there were at least 33 Americans among the missing foreign nationals.

Local residents walk past houses lying deluged in mud after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 27, 2026.