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Troubled waters | Reports and news analyses

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (103+ words) A drone view of Teesta river at Sangkalang, Sikkim (REUTERS) At the President’s House in Karachi, on 19 September 1960, India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, stood beside Pakistan’s Ayub Khan and the World Bank’s William Iliff to…...


smh.com.au > world > survivors-found-in-tunnel-in-nepal-20260906-p60uwf.html

Survivors found in tunnel in Nepal

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (26+ words) SMH.com.au More survivors have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal after devastating floods. September 6, 2026 — 7:26pm...


washingtonpost.com > world > 09/06/2026 > china-mudslide-jiang-xi-deaths-saudel-typhoon > 22da7192-a9bc-11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html

Mudslide death toll in China rises to 3 after heavy rain from Typhoon Saudel

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (109+ words) The Washington Post The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China has risen to three after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel BEIJING — The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China rose to three on Sunday…...


washingtonpost.com > world > 09/06/2026 > nepal-floods-chinese-man-lu-rescued-family > ea07c784-a9bb-11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html

Nepal flood survivor's family in China relieved after days of anxious waiting

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (77+ words) The Washington Post Lu Haitao’s family can finally breathe a sigh of relief after the Chinese man’s rescue from a tunnel that protected him from the Nepal flooding HONG KONG — After days of waiting anxiously, Lu Haitao’s family could finally…...


washingtonpost.com > world > 09/05/2026 > nepal-floods-chinese-national-alive > 109c36ba-a902-11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (77+ words) Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after floods The Washington Post Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country…...


washingtonpost.com > world > 09/04/2026 > 9-days-after-deadly-nepal-floods-2-men-are-rescued-tunnel

9 days after deadly Nepal floods, 2 men are rescued from tunnel

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (102+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Video shared by Nepal's authorities showed the moment a man was hauled…...


smh.com.au > world > asia > quicksand-and-rotting-flesh-no-words-can-capture-the-devastation-in-nepal-20260903-p60txq.html

Quicksand and rotting flesh: No words can capture the devastation in Nepal

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (518+ words) September 3, 2026 — 3:45pm Dhunche, Nepal: It’s raining in Dhunche, the small capital of Nepal’s Rasuwa district. That’s not unusual. It just makes everything harder. The rain revives the quicksand left from last week’s raging flood, and picking through it for bodies is…...


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Five Aussies found in Nepal, Tibet after floods

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (55+ words) Five Australians who were missing in Nepal and Tibet after last week's catastrophic floods have been found, revising the number of Australians missing to 38. September 2, 2026 — 7:48am...


torontosun.com > news > world > china-nepal-flood-toll-tops-1000-as-tunnel-rescue-offers-last-hope

China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (662+ words) Nuwakot, Nepal, Sept 1, 2026 (AFP) — The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched for survivors including dozens feared trapped in hydropower tunnels. Nearly 4,500 people are missing after the gigantic…...