Tibet

‘Without hope, it is game over’: China rescuers cling to narrow survival odds week after Tibet flood

Firefighters and sniffer dogs conducting a search for missing people along a road leading towards Gyirong Port after a mudslide, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China on Aug 30.

China restores access to Tibet disaster zone as highway reopens

Excavators and rescue equipment at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port following the Aug 26 mudslide, in Tibet, China.

Tibet holds memorial services for mudslide victims: Chinese state media

Mourners attend a memorial service for victims of a mudslide at the Gyirong Port police station in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region on Sept 1.

‘They are our own’: Dinesh, Alex Yam urge compassion for S’poreans missing in Nepal and loved ones

Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Dinesh Vasu Dash (left) and Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC MP Alex Yam urged Singaporeans to unite in the face of the tragedy.

Nepal-Tibet floods: 91 Malaysians still uncontactable, says government

Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said 36 Malaysians remain uncontactable in China, while another 55 have yet to be contacted in Nepal.

Nepal begins burials as flood death toll rises to 752

Health workers carrying a dead body at a mortuary in Nepal’s Chitwan district on Aug 30.

Rescuers race to find thousands missing after Nepal-China glacier collapse

A drone view shows houses covered in mud following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal.

China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media

Figures from Nepal and from Chinese authorities in charge of Tibet put the total number of missing close to 3,000, with 691 bodies recovered.

Nepal resumes flood rescue, seeks technical help and billions of dollars

Nearly 3,000 people are still missing in Nepal and Tibet after a devastating flood tore through a border region.

Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood exceeds 3,000

Nepal army personnel rescuing survivors from a hydropower tunnel on Aug 28, following flash floods.

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