Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today as it Happened on Friday, August 28, 2026:
Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 people and left more than 1,500 missing.
Nepal's disaster management authority said the death toll there rose to 538, and that more than 3,700 people have been rescued. Nepali police later put the number of deaths higher at 547.
Meanwhile there was little information on survivors on the Chinese side, where the death toll rose to five Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct the relief response.
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots.
The notice of appeal filed Friday comes after a federal judge in Boston handed down a new decision blocking implementation of an executive order from President Donald Trump for the next two weeks.
And at least 5,000 Haitian immigrants in New York City — and roughly 300,000 across the country — have lost their ability to work legally in the U.S. after the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. Businesses that depended on those workers are now struggling to stay open.
Wesly Simon, who owns a popular Haitian restaurant in Brooklyn's Little Caribbean neighborhood, told Scripps News he was forced to fire longtime workers after the TPS designation ended.
"It's like I'm firing the whole family," Simon said. “I'm firing the kids, I'm firing their wife. I'm firing them.”
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Today as it Happened on Friday, August 28, 2026:
Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 people and left more than 1,500 missing.
Nepal's disaster management authority said the death toll there rose to 538, and that more than 3,700 people have been rescued. Nepali police later put the number of deaths higher at 547.
Meanwhile there was little information on survivors on the Chinese side, where the death toll rose to five Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct the relief response.
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots.
The notice of appeal filed Friday comes after a federal judge in Boston handed down a new decision blocking implementation of an executive order from President Donald Trump for the next two weeks.
And at least 5,000 Haitian immigrants in New York City — and roughly 300,000 across the country — have lost their ability to work legally in the U.S. after the Trump administration ended Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. Businesses that depended on those workers are now struggling to stay open.
Wesly Simon, who owns a popular Haitian restaurant in Brooklyn's Little Caribbean neighborhood, told Scripps News he was forced to fire longtime workers after the TPS designation ended.
"It's like I'm firing the whole family," Simon said. “I'm firing the kids, I'm firing their wife. I'm firing them.”
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