Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Two days after devastating floods caused by a glacier collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, authorities are monitoring dangerous barrier lakes on both sides.
On Nepal's side, a debris dam broke its banks, causing the Bhote Koshi river to rise and temporarily halting rescue flights.
Across the border in China, a lake near Gyirong holding over 2.5 million cubic metres of water posed a high breach risk, though authorities said it was draining naturally.
The disaster began when a massive section of glacier ice and rock collapsed into the Lende Khola river system, creating a natural dam that eventually gave way, sending a powerful surge of water, mud and rock downstream, destroying roads, bridges, and settlements.
Two days after devastating floods caused by a glacier collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, authorities are monitoring dangerous barrier lakes on both sides.
On Nepal's side, a debris dam broke its banks, causing the Bhote Koshi river to rise and temporarily halting rescue flights.
Across the border in China, a lake near Gyirong holding over 2.5 million cubic metres of water posed a high breach risk, though authorities said it was draining naturally.
The disaster began when a massive section of glacier ice and rock collapsed into the Lende Khola river system, creating a natural dam that eventually gave way, sending a powerful surge of water, mud and rock downstream, destroying roads, bridges, and settlements.
