The mountain that fell · The road to COP31
The toll rose for weeks. On 27 August more than 390 people were confirmed dead in Nepal and Tibet. On 1 September Nepal's disaster authority counted 1,003 bodies and 3,916 people missing.
Seismometers around the world picked up the collapse. The US Geological Survey first listed it as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake, then said the signal came from a landslide. Local seismometers measured it at magnitude 5.2, EarthSky reports.
Sources
- S-30 · Al Jazeera, Nepal-Tibet floods: what happened, what caused them and who is missing?, 27 August 2026
- S-31 · EarthSky, Nepal flash flood nightmare: what caused it? (citing USGS and local seismometers)
- S-32 · OnlineKhabar, Flood damages 19 bridges and 40 km of road (Department of Roads, preliminary), 26 August 2026
- S-33 · Reuters, Nepal ends search and rescue after flood, 5 October 2026 (syndicated copy); earlier figures from Al Jazeera (27 August)
- S-37 · Ratopati, Rasuwa flood death toll crosses 1,000, over 3,900 still unaccounted for (citing NDRRMA), 1 September 2026
- S-38 · ExplorersWeb, Forgotten 7,000'ers: Langtang Lirung
- S-34 · Al Jazeera, on the ICIMOD glacier assessment
- S-35 · Al Jazeera, same explainer (attribution not yet possible); Carbon Brief, 1 September 2026
- S-36 · ICIMOD, Kyirong-Rasuwa Flood 2026 (updated to 16 September 2026)
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