Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
Pacific Asia • Aug 28, 2026, 9:22 AM
1 min de lecture
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres. Scientists are still piecing together the exact sequence of events, while authorities warn the disaster may not be over as a newly formed lake upstream has started to overflow.
Today
Nepal and Tibet : around 93,000 people affected, according to the Red Cross
Pacific Asia • 11:42 AM
1 min
The death toll continues to rise in the Nepal and Tibet floods as the situation remains fast-moving. The Red Cross says around 93,000 people have been affected. International aid is arriving from several countries, but rescue efforts have been hampered b
Read the article
Nepal: Army rescues hundreds trapped in tunnel as flood risk reignites
Pacific Asia • 10:36 AM
1 min
#Rescue operations are underway in #Nepal after devastating #floods killed hundreds and left more than 1,400 missing. The #RedCross has also raised concern over humanitarian #aid, as it estimates nearly 100,000 people were affected by the #disaster.
Read the article
Nepal flash floods: 'Very challenging' for survivors who have lost their homes and their families
Pacific Asia • 9:50 AM
1 min
Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Sunita Sharma, Head of Programs of Karuna-Shechen. While Nepal has considerable experience responding to natural disasters, the scale of the present devastation exposes a deeper challenge: Placing greater emphasis on
Read the article
Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
Pacific Asia • 9:22 AM
1 min
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres
Read the article
China's lost children: Adoptees search for answers
Pacific Asia • 9:19 AM
1 min
At the height of China's controversial one-child policy, children were torn away from their birth families and put up for adoption. FRANCE 24's Yena Lee follows one adoptee, now an adult, who is on a quest to find out more about her background.
Read the article
In Tibet and Nepal, 'the most pressing fear is that the death toll could rise'
Pacific Asia • 9:16 AM
1 min
At least 472 people have been killed and more than 1,500 remain missing after devastating flash floods hit the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, where over 3,250 people have already been evacuated by helicopter. As rescuers race to find survivors
Read the article
Countries step up aid for Nepal flood disaster
Pacific Asia • 9:00 AM
1 min
Countries including South Korea, India, China, the UK and the EU are ramping up rescue efforts and humanitarian aid after the devastating Nepal-China floods, with hundreds of foreign nationals still missing. Relief operations remain difficult in the Hima
Read the article
Nepal-Tibet live: Rescue operations resume after lake overflow risk decreases
Pacific Asia • 3:03 AM
1 min
Nepalese authorities have resumed rescue operations in the region hit by a devastating flood this week, after a brief suspension due to water breaking through a barrier lake. The devastating flooding in Nepal and Tibet has claimed more than 500 lives
Read the article
Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death
Pacific Asia • 12:42 AM
1 min
Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into ene
Read the article
Nepal flood survivors rescued from hydropower tunnel
Pacific Asia • 12:38 AM
1 min
Nepali soldiers rescued around 100 people trapped inside a flooded hydropower tunnel as the death toll from the Nepal-China floods continued to climb, with more than 1,500 people still missing. Rescue efforts were briefly suspended over fears that an ove
Read the article