Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet after a pause caused by an overflowing lake at the border. The lake formed when a wall of mud and debris struck Gyirong in Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flash floods that devastated villages.
The death toll from the floods has reached 469, with more than 1,300 people reported missing. Among the missing are over 500 foreign citizens in Nepal, according to police and tourism officials. Chinese state media reports that at least 260 of the 558 missing people on the Tibet side are foreign nationals.
Satellite imagery suggests that a glacier collapse high in the Himalayas was the primary cause of the deadly flash floods. This event has raised concerns about the climate crisis destabilising the geology of mountain and polar regions.