Nuwakot: Houses partially buried in debris following flash floods along the Trishuli River in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Thursday, August 27, 2026
The number of South Africans missing in Nepal's flash floods has risen to six, the country's tourism board said, as the death toll on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border climbed past 165.
The board had earlier listed four.
A glacier collapse in Tibet on Wednesday sent a wall of water and debris through Rasuwa district on Nepal's northern border, wiping out villages, roads and bridges.
Trekking routes near Syabrubesi, the gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mount Kailash, were cut off.
