Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,050 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said on Tuesday, with nearly 4,000 more missing. Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 people were killed in Tibet, taking the total toll from Wednesday`s disaster to 1,066, writes The Guardian.
The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, an assistant secretary-general at the UN has warned. The Nepal-Tibet floods have overrun hydropower facilities, knocking out about 10% of Nepal`s power capacity. There are now fears that entire riverbanks where millions of people live might become effectively uninhabitable.