Nepal mourns 1,380 dead from glacier-collapse flood; thousands still missing

Nepal flew flags at half-mast on 7 September 2026, mourning at least 1,380 people killed when a glacier collapsed into a border river on 26 August. Over 5,500 remain missing 13 days later. Rescue teams from India, China, South Korea, and the US continue searching 12 hydropower sites along the affected waterway.