Nepal-Tibet Border Floods Kill 579, With 1,500+ Missing

At least 579 people have died along the Nepal-Tibet border as of August 28, 2026 — 538 in Nepal alone, The Hindu reports. Over 1,500 remain missing across Nepal and China's Tibet, per Al Jazeera. Scientists say a glacier broke apart and dammed a river, causing the flood. ICIMOD warns warming will make such disasters more frequent across the Hindu Kush Himalaya's 25,000-plus glacial lakes.