High in the mountains where China and Nepal share a border, a glacier gave way on August 26, sending a catastrophic mudslide into Gyirong Port and erasing, in moments, the lives and livelihoods of hundreds. Forty-three people are confirmed dead and 519 remain missing — among them 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries — a toll that reminds us how swiftly geography can overwhelm the human arrangements we build within it. The disaster has prompted one of China's largest recent rescue mobilizations, while also forcing two nations to reckon with a shared mountain landscape that answers to no bord
43 dead, 519 missing after mudslide devastates China-Nepal border port
43 people confirmed dead and 519 missing, including 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries; many Nepalese border residents stranded after port destruction.