Arunabh Saikia with Paavan Mathema in KathmanduAFP·30 Aug, 2026 05:01 AM4 mins to readRescue officers and paramilitary police of the Shigatse Detachment of the Tibet Armed Police Corps, in co-ordination with heavy machinery, carry out search and rescue and dredging work along one side of the river at the disaster site in Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet. Photo / CNS, AFPRescuers in Nepal and China battled on Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.
Figures from both countries put the number of missing close to 3000, with 691 bodies recovered and reports of some dead possibly being
