A UK Rapid Deployment Team is now in Nepal to support British nationals and their families affected by the devastating flooding.
British nationals who need assistance should call:
📞 Nepal: +977 (0) 1423 7100
📞 China: +86 (0) 10 5192 4000
📞 UK: +44 (0) 20 7008 5000
Flooding in the Himalayas has affected Tibet, which is much more difficult to report on than Nepal because the area is administrated by China.
Sky's @HelenAnnSmith0 reports.
NEW: President Trump announces the U.S. is dispatching aid to Nepal following catastrophic flooding and mudslides that leveled buildings in the country.
Officials are currently working to verify the safety of dozens of citizens who were in the area during the disaster while nearly 400 have been confirmed dead and almost a thousand others are still missing.
"We've called Nepal and, we've offered any help that they need... We're very powerful, strong, you know, strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks. That's a terrible thing."
रसुवागढी नाकाबाट करिब १८ किलोमिटर माथि तटीय क्षेत्रमा ल्हेन्दे खोलाको बहाव अवरुद्ध भई करिब ०.११ वर्गकिलोमिटर क्षेत्रफलको ताल बनेको देखिएकोले पुनः ठूलो बाढी आउन सक्ने जोखिम रहेकाले तल्लो तटीय क्षेत्र सम्बन्धित सबैलाई आवश्यक सतर्कता अपनाउन तथा उच्च सावधानीका साथ रहन अनुरोध गरिन्छ।
I spoke to the Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal this morning and expressed Britain’s solidarity and deepest condolences for the disaster that has occurred.
If it's GLOF, then here is an interactive map of all the potentially dangerous lakes in Nepal and Tibet that I reported on in 2020. You can filter the data by basin. https://t.co/AcKGuEDGvX
Planet Labs को स्याटेलाइट तस्बिरको विश्लेषणका आधारमा गरिएको प्रारम्भिक अध्ययनबाट नेपाल-चीन रसुवागढी नाकाबाट करिब २० किलोमिटर उत्तरपूर्व नेपाल-चीन सिमानामा गएको हिम-चट्टान पहिरोका कारण ल्हेन्दे खोलामा गेग्य्रानसहितको बाढी आएको देखिएको छ।
भोटेकोसी नदी रसुवामा तिब्बत तर्फबाट ठुलो बाढी प्रवेश गरेकोले अर्को सूचना नआउँदासम्म त्रीशुली नदीको तटिय क्षेत्रका जिल्लाहरु नुवाकोट, धादिङ, चितवन, गोरखा लगायतका स्थानहरूमा उच्च सतर्कता सहित सुरक्षित स्थानमा रहन अनुरोध छ।
Devastating news from Rasuwa and the Bhote Koshi valley. Sudden surge like this with no local rain points heavily to a GLOF/ high-altitude outburst from Tibet. Thinking of the rescue teams on the ground facing high winds & cut-off communications. Stay safe along Trishuli corridor
The Broad Peak avalanche is a stark warning. Accelerated #glacier melt is destabilizing routes overnight. Mountaineering must prioritize real-time monitoring and safety over summit pressure.💔Disheartening to watch these souls fall so far off the slopes.
#BroadPeak#ClimateChange
The inhabitants of Blatten, a village in the Swiss Alps, had been warned that an unstable glacier above their homes could collapse.
On Wednesday, the glacier broke up under the weight of overlying rocks, sending some 3 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud toward their homes. https://t.co/pXrRSC69sq
📄📌MEDIA ADVISORY:
Press release on the devastating flood from a glacial lake that struck Thame, a Sherpa village in the Khumbu region of Nepal on Friday. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities impacted.
The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a global hotspot for risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), with over 25,000 glacial lakes, and approximately one million people living within 10km of such a lake. Temperature rise due to fossil fuels has increased the number and size of glacial lakes, and the risk from GLOFs is projected to peak by 2050. https://t.co/akICxe8EQF
Video: @bhadrarukum
#ClimateCrisis #Nepal #GLOF #SG1 #SaveOurSnow #GLOF #ThameFlood @arunbshrestha@chimis@DrMiriamJackson@ten10zing92@SudanBikash @saswatasanyal2
Full Video- Glacial break causes major flooding in Alaska, City officials in #Juneau, #Alaska, have issued an #emergency declaration as a glacier lake outburst flood wreaks havoc near the city, where structures have been destroyed.
#SuicideBasin#Mendenhall#Glacier
This happened over a span of six hours.