Hundreds Dead, 1,400+ Missing as Devastating Floods Sweep Nepal and Tibet

In the high mountain borderlands where Nepal and Tibet meet, flash floods of extraordinary violence have claimed hundreds of lives and left more than 1,400 people unaccounted for — a reminder that the ancient relationship between mountain communities and their terrain can, in moments of extreme weather, turn catastrophic. Witnesses describe entire villages erased within minutes, the ordinary rhythms of morning life overtaken by walls of water, debris, and stone. Rescue teams press into remote valleys even as the skies threaten to deliver more of the same, navigating the tension between urgency