Natural Disaster

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The rescue of two hydropower workers who survived for nine days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal has been described by an international tunnelling expert as a remarkable victory for human resilience, offering renewed hope to families still waiting for news of hundreds of people missing after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharajan...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The full scale of Nepal’s devastating floods is becoming clearer as rescue teams reach some of the country’s worst-hit communities, revealing scenes of destruction, missing families and survivors struggling to recover loved ones from the mud and debris. More than 1,200 people have been reported dead across Nepal and Tibet following catastrophic flooding in the Himalayan region, while thousands...

Published: 29 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A devastating flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border has left hundreds dead, thousands missing and entire communities facing an uncertain future, as rescue teams continue searching through vast areas of mud, debris and destroyed infrastructure. The scale of the disaster became clearer on Saturday after authorities confirmed that the combined number of people missing across Nepal and Tibet...

**Published: 28 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** Devastating flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed hundreds of people and left hundreds more missing, as rescue teams continue to search through areas buried by water, mud and rock. The disaster struck early on Wednesday, sending a powerful surge through river valleys in northern Nepal and across the border into Tibet. Roads and bridges...

**Published: 28 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online** For Sudipto Bhattacharya, the final message from his wife contained nothing to suggest that she was in danger. At 07:57 local time on Wednesday, 26 August, Subhrasree Chakraborty sent him a photograph showing the departure stamp in her passport. Nepalese immigration formalities were complete, she told him. The group was waiting to cross into China for the next...

**Published: 28 August 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online** A senior nurse from Kent has been reported missing in Nepal after devastating flash flooding struck near the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving hundreds of people dead or unaccounted for and triggering an urgent search for survivors. Sarada Simkhada, a senior nurse at Darent Valley Hospital, was travelling in the region as part of a pilgrimage to Mount...

Published: 28 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online China has warned of a “high risk” that a newly formed barrier lake near the Nepal-Tibet border could breach its banks and unleash another potentially destructive flood downstream, adding to fears in a region already devastated by a deadly flash flood. The warning comes days after a catastrophic flood swept through valleys along the Nepal-China border, killing hundreds...

Published: 27 August 2026 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online More than 300 people have died in Nepal after a catastrophic flash flood swept through the country's Himalayan border region, while rescue teams continue searching for more than 900 missing people and experts warn that another surge of water could threaten communities downstream. The disaster struck along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday after a massive collapse...

Published: 27 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A catastrophic flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 270 people and left nearly 1,400 others missing, with a large proportion of those unaccounted for believed to be tourists and pilgrims. The disaster struck on Wednesday after a sudden collapse of ice and rock in the Himalayas sent an enormous surge of water,...

Published: 15 August 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Almost 500 people have been arrested in France on suspicion of starting wildfires since the beginning of July as a relentless heatwave fuels dangerous blazes across Europe, forcing thousands of people from their homes and threatening communities, holiday resorts, forests and historic sites. French authorities said 474 people, including 183 minors, had been detained over wildfires since 1 July....