'Everything is under mud': At least 389 killed in flash flood disaster in Nepal

Summary

This live page is now closed, we're continuing our live coverage here
Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet are scrambling to search for survivors after Wednesday's flash flood destroyed homes, swamped roads and swept away bridges
More than 900 people are missing and at least 389 have died in Nepal - drone footage shows the scale of the devastation
Meanwhile, three people have died and at least 558 are missing in Tibet, although it's not clear if these figures overlap with Nepal's
A Nepalese man living in Aberdeen tells the BBC how he lost three close family members in the flash floods
Another man from East London says his sister was "really excited" to go on her first pilgrimage, but has now been out of contact
The glacial collapse that is said to have caused the flash floods happened on the Nepal side of the Himalayan mountains, Nepalese officials tell the BBC
There are risks of more floods: a lake of rising water has formed at a site along the China-Nepal border - prompting fears it could burst its banks, reports Laura Bicker in Beijing

Are you affected?

Live Reporting

Edited by Charlotte Hadfield, with reporting from BBC Nepali, Azadeh Moshiri in Kathmandu, and Laura Bicker in Beijing

Videos show Nepal town bridge and buildings swept away by floodpublished at 12:21 BST 26 August

Image source, X
By Emma Pengelly
Verified videos from Nepal show a bridge being swept away and multi-storey buildings collapsed by the force of floodwaters, and the aftermath of a town with many buildings destroyed.
BBC Verify has located the clips to the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot District in Bagmati Province, about 16 miles (25km) to the north-west of Kathmandu.
The video shows the river Trishuli suddenly becoming swollen by enormous amounts of water, which appears to have significantly increased in volume and speed and filled with sediment.
About 40 seconds into the clip, the weight of the flash flood rips the bridge off its supports and carries it swiftly downriver. A few seconds later, several buildings also collapse.
The second verified video, filmed from the same location, shows the devastating aftermath. The river’s level has risen significantly, and trees and many building visible in the earlier video have been ripped away.
It is not clear exactly how many have been destroyed, but many buildings near the riverbank have disappeared, partially collapsed or are caked in sediment from the flood’s force.
Image source, X
Pictures show devastation on Nepalese side of borderpublished at 12:16 BST 26 August

Image source, EPA
Pictures show brown, muddy floodwater sweeping through Nuwakot district - one of the areas affected by the flash flooding.
Houses are partially submerged and people can be seen wading through flooded streets. On the picture below, what seems to be a tractor and other equipment can be seen covered in muddy water.
Image source, Reuters
Image source, EPA

Landslide was triggered by earthquake - Nepal's foreign ministerpublished at 12:06 BST 26 August

Image source, Getty Images
An earthquake hit the area at around 08:37 local time, Nepal's foreign minister Shishir Khanal tells parliament, citing preliminary information.
He says the earthquake then triggered an avalanche, which in turn resulted in flash floods. He notes that teams are still verifying the information.
Khanal says that as well as Nepal, China is also experiencing "huge damage".
He says Nepal is co-ordinating with China. So far, 26 police personnel, nine armed police personnel and 44 military personnel are missing.
Officials from customs and immigration are also missing, he adds.
There has also been huge damage on road, bridges, communication and hydropower infrastructures. Rasuwa and Nuwakot were worst affected districts, he adds.
More than 100 Indians and 12 people from UK among missingpublished at 12:01 BST 26 August

As we’ve reported 384 travellers are "reported missing", including 93 Nepali nationals and 291 foreign nationals.
According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the foreign nationals include:
- 12 British nationals
- 105 Indians
- 37 non-resident Indians
- 17 Malaysians
- 4 South Africans
- 3 Americans
- 1 Australian
- 1 Dutch
- 111 nationalities yet to be confirmed
Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Houses partially submerged along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district

'We've lost contact with all of them'published at 11:55 BST 26 August

Image source, EPA
Image caption,
An aerial view of damaged homes in Trishuli Bazar in Nuwakot district, Nepal
Yee Liang, a Chinese businessman based in Kathmandu, Nepal, says his logistics company has seven container trucks in the area of the flash flood, which are all staffed by Nepalese employees.
"We have lost contact with all of them. There is no signal, so we cannot reach anyone," he tells the BBC.
Yee says that as far as he knows, there was no warning.
"There were occasional mudslides and landslides, especially in the rainy season, but this one seems much more serious," he adds.
On the Tibetan side, Guan Daoxuan in Sichuan province tells the BBC he lost contact with his wife late on Wednesday morning.
She works for a state-run construction company involved in building roads and bridges in Tibet.
Guan said Nepalese authorities had tried to send a helicopter to inspect the area because road access had been cut off, but strong winds were making it difficult for the aircraft to reach the site.
Hundreds missing following flash flood in Nepalpublished at 11:45 BST 26 August
Breaking

Hundreds of people are missing following a flash flood in the Bhote Koshi river along the Nepal-Tibet border.
In an update shared on X, the Nepal Tourism Board says it has identified 384 travellers as missing in total, including 291 foreign nationals and 93 Nepali nationals.
It says it is "working to verify" the "whereabouts and safety status" of those travelling through the region.
The flood hit early on Wednesday in Rasuwa, north of Nepal's capital Kathmandu.
We'll bring you more on this story. soon from our teams across the region.