High in the Himalayas, a glacier surrendered without warning on Wednesday, sending a wall of ice, mud, and rock across the Nepal-Tibet border with the force of a tsunami — erasing villages, swallowing hydropower facilities, and leaving nearly three thousand people unaccounted for. By Saturday, 682 bodies had been recovered, while rescuers threaded air pipes into underground tunnels hoping to reach workers still alive beneath the mountain. Climate scientists and UN officials were unambiguous: this catastrophe is not an anomaly but a harbinger, born of a warming planet dissolving the ancient ice
Nepal-China glacier disaster death toll nears 3,000 as rescuers breach trapped tunnel
Nearly 3,000 people missing and 682 confirmed dead across Nepal and Tibet; entire villages swept away; survivors face displacement and loss of livelihoods; reconstruction costs estimated in billions.