Some family members of those unaccounted for have expressed frustration with what they see as paltry updates on the dead and missing. China says its information-sharing has been “transparent and timely.

By Ju-min Park BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Priyanka Choudhary, an Indian-born Finnish citizen returning from a Hindu pilgrimage in Tibet, was at a border crossing with Nepal when a catastrophic mudslide hit.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a glacial collapse caused the flash floods that swept through Nepal and Tibet in late August 2026, engulfing entire villages and killing hundreds. However, conspiracy theorists on social media quickly pinned the torrent on an Alaskan research project instead,

A Baltimore tour group is among those missing after the severe flooding that hit areas near Nepal and Tibet's border.

(Corrects "104 Indians, 49 Nepali citizens" in paragraph 8 to "104 Nepali citizens, 49 Indians") By Liz Lee and Ethan Wang BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after sections were washed away by catastrophic flooding,

So far, little has been released about those caught in the disaster here, with few faces and names attached to the hundreds of people still unaccounted for.

Hindus know it as the dwelling place of Shiva, Tibetan Buddhists as the abode of Demchog, and Jains as the site where Rishabhanatha, their first spiritual teacher, achieved liberation.

While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.

The Indian Embassy in Beijing has asked families of missing nationals to submit DNA data after China began accepting samples. The move is meant to help identify those still unaccounted for after the August 26 Nepal-Tibet disaster.