Nepal’s rescue effort is now focused on hundreds of people believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower plants after a torrent of ice, rock, mud and debris crashed down Himalayan rivers
Experts from Nepal and China met in Kathmandu three months before a catastrophic disaster to discuss cooperation on monitoring and responding to glacier-related hazards
(1st UPDATE) The unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud, and debris on the Nepal-Tibet border — blamed on a glacier collapse — has killed more than 900 people, with nearly 5,000 still missing
Record rainfall — the highest over a 24-hour period since October 2013 — strands thousands at Narita airport, causing flooding and power outages in Chiba