A 14-year-old girl and her mother are among at least 87 Americans unaccounted for after a catastrophic glacier collapse sent floodwaters tearing through the Nepal-China border region, and their family has heard nothing since Wednesday morning. Rashi Shashidharan, an eighth grader, and her 54-year-old mother Rekha were on a Hindu pilgrimage toward Mount Kailash in […] The post Eighty-seven Americans missing in Nepal glacier flood, including 14-year-old girl whose last text was a breakfast plan appeared first on American Almanac .
A 14-year-old girl and her mother are among at least 87 Americans unaccounted for after a catastrophic glacier collapse sent floodwaters tearing through the Nepal-China border region, and their family has heard nothing since Wednesday morning. Rashi Shashidharan, an eighth grader, and her 54-year-old mother Rekha were on a Hindu pilgrimage toward Mount Kailash in Tibet when a massive section of glacier broke loose from a mountainside. The resulting torrent of ice, rock, and water ripped through mountain communities along the river, killing at least 939 people and leaving nearly 4,000 unaccounted for. The last anyone heard from Rekha was a Wednesday morning message to her father: they were planning breakfast and had a noon embassy…Open
Flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 1,114 people and left nearly 4,000 missing, with the Nepali government now shifting its focus from rescue to rebuilding, even as families across dozens of countries still wait for word on loved ones. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority posted an update Wednesday […] The post Nepal flood death toll climbs past 1,100 as nearly 4,000 remain missing appeared first on American Almanac .
Flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 1,114 people and left nearly 4,000 missing, with the Nepali government now shifting its focus from rescue to rebuilding, even as families across dozens of countries still wait for word on loved ones. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority posted an update Wednesday morning putting the confirmed death toll at 1,114, a jump of more than 100 from the 1,003 bodies recovered just one day earlier. The agency listed 3,916 people as missing. On the Chinese side of the border, state media outlet Xinhua News Agency reported 16 dead and 546 missing, citing Chinese officials. The combined figures mean well over 4,400 people across the border region remain…Open
A glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border, killing nearly 600 people and leaving roughly 2,500 missing, including about 90 Americans, as rescuers struggle to reach survivors buried under walls of mud and debris. Nepal's disaster-management authority put the death toll at 579 by Friday, while Nepali police offered […] The post Nepal-China border flood death toll climbs past 580 as rescuers pull mud-caked survivors from Himalayan wreckage appeared first on American Almanac .
A glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border, killing nearly 600 people and leaving roughly 2,500 missing, including about 90 Americans, as rescuers struggle to reach survivors buried under walls of mud and debris. Nepal's disaster-management authority put the death toll at 579 by Friday, while Nepali police offered a lower count of 553. China reported seven dead on its side of the border. The gap between the two Nepali figures remained unexplained, but the scale of the disaster was not in dispute: nearly 2,500 people were unaccounted for across both countries, and more than 100 remained trapped inside a hydropower tunnel in Nepal's hardest-hit Rasuwa district. The disaster began…Open
Deepak and Madhu Ahuja of Texas disappeared during catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border just hours after completing a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, and their two daughters say they still have no answers. Ashna and Shreya Ahuja have spent days gathered with relatives at a family member's home, working the phones to two U.S. […] The post Texas couple vanishes in Nepal flood as 90 Americans remain unaccounted for appeared first on American Almanac .
Deepak and Madhu Ahuja of Texas disappeared during catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border just hours after completing a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, and their two daughters say they still have no answers. Ashna and Shreya Ahuja have spent days gathered with relatives at a family member's home, working the phones to two U.S. embassies and contacts on the ground in one of the most remote disaster zones on Earth. Their parents had just finished the sacred trek and were heading toward the Nepal-Tibet border crossing with their tour group on August 26 when flash floods tore through the Himalayan region, obliterating communities, roads, and bridges with a wall of water, ice, rock, and debris. By Friday morning,…Open
A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on […] The post Virginia family desperate for answers after Nepal border floods leave dozens of Americans missing appeared first on American Almanac .
A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal's border with Tibet at 8:35 a.m. local time on August 26, 2026. Roughly 35 minutes later, the collapse of a distant rock ledge and the massive glacier it supported sent a wall of floodwater and mud through the valley, CBS News reported . Every building at the checkpoint was swept away or buried. Goel had sent a photo to his family from the border crossing just minutes before the…Open