Witnesses Estimate Deaths, Missing in Tibet Due to Aug 26 Nepal-Border Flash Floods to Be Much Higher - Tibetan Review
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Almost two weeks have passed since a strong avalanche of ice, stones and mud devastated a border complex in Tibet, but China has not yet released an official list of the missing. In Nepal, at least 1,341 people died and about 5,000 are missing, according to the latest official data. However, in the absence of accurate information on the Tibetan side, people have found their own ways to seek help and express their pain on social networks. Exclusi…
On 26 August, a sudden flood ravaged the border area between Nepal and Tibet, killing at least a thousand people and missing many. Lack of cooperation and poor data sharing between Nepal and China (very reluctant to provide any information about Tibet) prevented people from effectively alerting downstream. Nepal's constructions in an unstable valley also contributed to the heavy human impact.
Witnesses estimate deaths, missing in Tibet due to Aug 26 Nepal-border flash floods to be much higher - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Sep08’26) – While China has said nothing about any devastation caused on towns, villages and other human settlements in Kyirong County in Tibet as a result of the catastrophic flash floods of ice, rock, mud, and, of course, water in the morning of Aug 26, the Tibetan Service of Radio Free Asia (rfa.org) reported […]
Over 200 mental health professionals have been deployed to Tibet to support rescue workers and residents following the flash flood disaster at the Gyirong border crossing.
(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Psychologists are helping rescue team members relieve stress from working continuously and for extended periods in harsh conditions at the scene of the flash flood on the Tibetan border.
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