Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives in Gyirong Port to oversee rescue efforts after massive flash floods tore through a Himalayan border region. Also on East Asia Tonight, global aid pouring in as governments from dozens of countries work to locate their citizens who are missing. Meanwhile China and Taiwan on alert for incoming Typhoon Saudel.

00:00 Introduction
01:47 Nepal-Tibet disaster
02:55 CNA's Tan Yew Guan on search and rescue efforts
08:51 South Korea sends emergency team to Nepal
16:45 Nepal-Tibet flood explainer
19:24 Insights into disaster with Simon Cook
31:11 Typhoon Saudel watch
33:20 Rebecca Bundhun tracks flood rescue efforts from Kathmandu
39:43 South Korea seeks indictments in Jeju Air probe
46:02 Bank of Korea raises rates
52:02 Farmers in China count the cost of extreme weather