Nepal: Nepal-China flash floods death toll tops 1,300 as search continues for 5,624 missing: Official data.

SHOTLIST: NUWAKOT, NEPAL (SEPT. 4, 2026) 1. AID COORDINATION CENTER IN NEPAL'S NUWAKOT 2. HELICOPTER ARRIVING AT COORDINATION CENTER IN NUWAKOT 3. VARIOUS OF HUMANITARIAN AID SUPPLIES BEING LOADED ONTO HELICOPTERS 4. HELICOPTER TAKING OFF (TWO SHOTS) NUWAKOT, NEPAL - SEPT. 4: The death toll from flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rose above 1,300 on Friday, while more than 5,600 others remained missing, nine days after the disaster struck the Himalayan region, according to official data from both countries. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 1,287 people were killed, while 5,083 others, including 583 foreigners, remained missing. The latest data was released after Nepal rescued two people from the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project. At least six hydropower projects have been hit by flash floods on the Nepalese side of the border, while a search continues for around 900 personnel deployed at the facilities. Chinese authorities said at least 21 people were killed, while 541 others remained missing in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, also known as Tibet. The combined death toll on both sides of the border reached 1,308, while 5,624 people remained missing. Of those missing, 844 are foreigners, according to official figures. The disaster struck Aug. 26 when a glacier on Nepal's Mount Langtang Lirung fractured at an altitude of about 5,200 meters (17,060 feet). The fracture triggered an ice-rock avalanche that developed into a massive debris flow and swept through valleys along the border. Floodwaters and mudslides devastated Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as the Kathmandu Valley. The disaster also buried the Gyirong border crossing in Xizang.