Kathmandu, Nepal – Nepal issued a warning on Friday to move to higher ground after a dam upstream in Tibet was reported to have burst, two days after a glacial collapse caused deadly flooding. Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday — the deadliest for Nepal since a 2015 earthquake — was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow of icy debris. China paused its rescue operation at the hardest-hit part of Tibet over renewed risks of flooding, state media said.
A lake formed by immense piles of debris after a mudslide hit the China-Nepal border has begun overflowing towards the Gyirong border area where rescue teams were headed, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. Nepal’s disaster authority spokeswoman, Shanti Mahat, said an initial rise in water had been seen.
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