August 2026 – Week 5
Last updated: 27 August 2026
This week’s live blog takes a big geographical jump to the Global South, more precisely Nepal South Asia, where a devastating mass flooding event are proving fatal and destructive to the already impoverished small Himalayan nation.
This live blog will bring you up to date with the latest developments as they unfold and follow up with analysis and causes and how it interlinks with a warming world.
Last week’s live blog can be found here.
What we know so far
- Massive landslides and flash floods on the Tibet-Nepal border have caused the deaths of hundreds with thousands of people missing
- Glacial collapse appear to have trigged the catastrophe
- Verified videos has showed crushing masses of water and debris sweeping away dozens of people at a border crossing in Gyirong. Homes, roads and power projects were washed away in Nepal as the flows travelled downstream
- Scientists say that climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilise high-mountain rock and ice
Live video of the aftermaths of the Nepal floods
Courtesy of the Associated Press (AP), this live video feed shows the current situation in the aftermath of the Nepalese floods.
Latest
11:45 GMT
Thursday 27th of August 2026
Video: Dramatic and upsetting video shows moments before a mudslide washed away Nepalese villages.
11:00 GMT
Fatalities: The Nepalese police service say that 270 bodies have been recovered in the country, a drastic increase from the 165 that was reported to have died earlier today.
Authorities expect fatalities to further increase today and the coming days as rescue and recovery missions intensify.
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