Nepal-Tibet floods: death toll passes 1,000 as rescue efforts continue at hydropower tunnels – latest updates

About 4,500 people are missing across Nepal and Tibet after the disaster, including 900 feared trapped in mud-filled tunnels at 12 Nepali hydropower sites Three months before last week’s devastating floods, experts from China and Nepal met in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, on 27 May to discuss the risk of disasters in the border area and to coordinate on how best to monitor and respond to hazards suc