Nepal-China border disaster death toll exceeds 500 as new lake threatens further flooding

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning, a section of ancient glacier in the high Himalayas surrendered to forces long building beneath it, sending walls of water and debris through the river valleys of Nepal and China in what survivors could only describe as a tsunami. By Friday, more than 547 lives had been confirmed lost in Nepal alone, over 1,500 souls remained unaccounted for across the border region, and a newly formed barrier lake threatened to unleash a second catastrophe upon those still searching for the first disaster's missing. The event is a reminder that the mountains humanity