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Summary

At least 1,924 people are missing in Nepal, the country's disaster relief agency says
Among them are at least 517 foreign nationals - but the situation is fast-moving and different authorities have produced different figures
The death toll in Nepal has risen to 579, the disaster relief agency says, and at least five people have died in Tibet, with 558 reported missing there
We are relying on reports from Chinese state media about the situation in Tibet - our China correspondent explains why
Speaking to the BBC from south London, Prajval Haldia says he is "hoping and really praying" for the return of his parents, who were in the area when the floods hit
A collapsed glacier caused the huge flood wave, local officials tell the BBC. The surge tore through houses and roads, and destroyed a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing

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

Fears new lake of rising water in China could burst its bankspublished at 23:00 BST 27 August
Laura Bicker
China correspondent

A lake of rising water has formed at a site along the China-Nepal border prompting fears that it could burst its banks - just as rescuers try to find survivors after yesterday’s landslide.
Chinese search teams in Tibet have spent the day assessing the risk of flooding near Gyirong port after a lake formed near the confluence of Nepal’s Chochen river and the Puruchangpo Zangbo river.
They told state media that stabilising this body of water was a priority to keep rescue personnel on the ground safe.
China’s Ministry of Water Resources has used modelling techniques to estimate how much water is in the lake and now say that with continued rainfall, there is a high risk it could burst within the next three days.
The ministry said it will prepare for a potential breach and provide support for emergency rescue efforts.
Hundreds missing on both sides of border, as death toll continues to risepublished at 22:59 BST 27 August

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Since the floods first struck the region on Wednesday, the numbers of people killed and missing has continued to climb.
Authorities in Nepal and state media in China - which governs Tibet - have been giving updates, although it's not clear if the figures overlap.
Here's what we know, according to the most recent updates:
In Nepal
- The number of people killed in Nepal has risen to 389, Nepal police say
- Meanwhile, 910 people are missing, according to Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
- Among the missing are 517 foreign citizens, 44 members of the Nepal Army and 28 Nepal police officers
In Tibet
- Three people are confirmed to have died, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV
- And 558 people are missing, with 260 foreign nationals among them, CCTV says

Search for survivors continues for second night after deadly flash floodspublished at 22:56 BST 27 August

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Rescue efforts are continuing for a second night in Nepal and Tibet, almost 48 hours after a catastrophic flash flood tore through the Himalayan border area.
The number of people dead and missing has continued to climb since the flood first struck on Wednesday.
More than 900 people are missing and at least 389 have died in Nepal, while three people are confirmed to have been killed in Tibet and more than 550 are unaccounted for. However, it's not clear if these figures overlap.
Meanwhile, analysts and monitoring bodies are warning of the potential for further flooding in the area, where the significant damage to infrastructure is already hampering rescue and recovery operations.