Disaster

The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Nepal’s Himalayan region near the Tibet border has risen to 538, according to the latest figures released by the country’s National […]

US President Donald Trump has offered assistance to Nepal following devastating floods, while Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered emergency measures to support rescue operations in the disaster-hit country. Trump […]

At least 121 foreign nationals have been rescued following devastating floods in Nepal, the country’s Tourism Board said. Nearly 490 people have so far died in the disaster. Among those […]

Nepal has declined offers of foreign assistance for search and rescue operations following devastating flash floods, saying its own security forces are capable of handling the response. The country’s Foreign […]

The devastating floods in Nepal have reignited global interest in the 2009 science-fiction blockbuster 2012, with clips from the film being widely shared on social media because of their apparent […]

The Red Cross launched an emergency appeal for $31 million Thursday to respond to the devastating flash floods and landslides that struck the Nepal-Tibet border. The Switzerland-based International Federation of […]

Nepal is once again confronting a devastating natural disaster. Last Wednesday morning, a massive surge of water swept through the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa district, near the Tibet-China border, […]

Rescue operations for people missing along the Nepal-China border have been suspended after authorities received reports that another water-retaining dam in Tibet was overflowing, raising fears of a fresh breach. […]

Two Irish citizens are feared missing after nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners are unaccounted for across Nepal and China’s Tibet, after a wall of mud and rock […]

The death toll from massive flash floods has risen to 469 in Nepal, police said Friday, as rescuers work to find hundreds of people still missing in the area on […]