The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.
The Nepal Army, which is leading rescue efforts, turned to the trapped workers more than a day after the flood, according to army officials, industry groups and private rescuers.
Rescuers evacuating people from the tunnel of a hydropower project in Rasuwa, Nepal, in an image released by Nepal’s Prime Minister Secretariat on Friday.
Nepali and Chinese authorities warned that a lake created by a deadly landslide could burst open soon. Another deluge would pose the most risk to rescuers, an expert said.
Our correspondent Anupreeta Das witnessed the rescue operation following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, in which a torrent of debris and water carried away entire villages in just minutes.
Racing against the darkness, rescuers in California on Saturday saved a man who had become stranded on a ledge perched atop a soaring peak on the Sierra Nevada.
A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300.
Residents waiting to be airlifted by helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal.
Survivors described the terrifying speed and power of the “boulders, sand and thick sludge” that killed hundreds and wiped out villages on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
The deadly Himalayan torrent damaged roads and dozens of bridges. The devastation was impeding the search for survivors and relief deliveries, aid groups said.
In a photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a muddy river bank with debris was seen near Gyirong Port in southwestern China’s Tibetan Autonomous Region on Wednesday.
The authorities reported hundreds of people missing and at least 160 people killed in the border region of Nepal and Tibet, where an avalanche of mud, water, ice and rocks smashed down.
An ice avalanche that started high in the Himalayas tumbled thousands of feet, releasing vast amounts of energy that pulverized the ice into a significant volume of floodwater.
An aerial view on Thursday of buildings partly submerged in muddy water along a riverside after a flash flood at Trishuli Bazaar in the Nuwakot district of Nepal.
A 33-year-old woman was rescued along with her climbing partner on Tuesday after she was stung while hiking in the British Columbia backcountry north of Vancouver.
Lions Bay Search and Rescue responded with a helicopter to rescue a hiker who had been badly stung by wasps in the backcountry north of Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday.
Destruction in the Nuwakot district of Nepal on Wednesday. The country’s foreign minister said the floods were “one of the largest natural disasters we have experienced in recent memory.”
A gold mine in Bambari, Central African Republic, in 2014. Thousands of people across many African countries work in what is known as artisanal and small-scale mining.
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