AFP1 Sep, 2026 06:34 AM2 mins to readThe huge wave of freezing water and debris, sparked by a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border, killed at least 939 people and left nearly 4500 missing, with Kathmandu warning reconstruction costs could run into the "billions of dollars". Photo / Arun Sankar, AFPDevastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said on Tuesday, bringing the overall death toll to more than 1000.Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 people were killed in Tibet, taking the total toll from last Wednesday’s disaster to 1003.