Kathmandu: Nepal’s rescue operations were temporarily halted for 90 minutes on Friday after a landslide-formed lake on the Nepal-China border began overflowing, triggering fears of another surge in the flood-ravaged region. The fresh alert came as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province, adding to the mounting challenges facing the disaster-hit Himalayan region.

A barrier lake formed near the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo rivers in Nepal could face a high risk of breaching over the next three days, Global Times…

TRISHULI, Nepal / BEIJING — Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on...

Nepal and China are confronting fresh flood dangers from glacial lakes formed after a devastating flood that claimed hundreds of lives. One particular lake in Nepal is…