Natural Disaster

**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....

Published: 15 August 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, killing at least five people according to the governor of East Nusa Tenggara province, damaging homes and public buildings and sending thousands of frightened residents fleeing towards higher ground. The shallow earthquake struck the Flores region before dawn, triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted after authorities determined...

Published: 25 July 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe is currently confronting an unprecedented environmental and humanitarian crisis as severe and fast-moving wildfires sweep across vast regions of France and Spain, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents and tourists to flee their homes and holiday destinations. Unprecedented heatwaves, tinder-dry forest floors, and unpredictable, gale-force winds have combined to create what local officials are describing as a...

Published: 11 July 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The death toll from Venezuela's catastrophic twin earthquakes has climbed above 4,000, highlighting the immense humanitarian and reconstruction challenge facing the South American nation. Government officials confirmed on Friday that at least 4,118 people have lost their lives, while nearly 17,000 others have been injured in one of the country's deadliest natural disasters in modern history. Thousands of...