{"id":44072,"date":"2026-08-29T09:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44072"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:10:43","slug":"nepal-china-resume-flood-rescue-after-lake-threat-eases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nepal-china-resume-flood-rescue-after-lake-threat-eases\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal, China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Nepal and China resumed rescue \u200boperations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation.<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A glacier collapse on \u200cWednesday unleashed a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems, killing at least 579 people in Nepal and five in China\u2019s Tibet.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number missing in Nepal has nearly doubled to 1 924, the country\u2019s disaster authority said on Friday. At least 558 were missing in Tibet\u2019s Gyirong County, including 260 foreign nationals, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More than 90 000 people are estimated to have been affected by the disaster, the Red Cross said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The flooding led to the formation \u200bof a lake, which on Friday began overflowing into the Lhende Khola and Trishuli rivers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The overflow sparked panic and warnings from authorities in Nepal, leading to rescue operations being suspended for about \u200bthree hours. The risk prompted all Chinese rescue personnel and vehicles to withdraw as well, CCTV said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Both resumed rescue operations after the threat eased, with Nepali \u2060officials saying that they were still hopeful of finding survivors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Threats from glacial lakes remain<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nepal is continuing to monitor two barrier lakes upstream of the flood zone, with an official warning that flood risks will persist until \u200bboth lakes fully drain.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Satellite imagery showed the second lake growing larger with no visible outlet, raising concerns that water pressure could still be building.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency said that the first barrier lake was reducing in \u200bsize, citing analysis by the water resources ministry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Chinese government geohazards expert warned, however, that the lake may be unstable and that over 100 glacial lakes scattered throughout the area could pose a threat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43918,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-44072","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Satellite imagery showed the second lake growing larger with no visible outlet, raising concerns that water pressure could still be building.","published_date":"","news_description":"Satellite imagery showed the second lake growing larger with no visible outlet, raising concerns that water pressure could still be building.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44073,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44072\/revisions\/44073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}