The latest figures from the catastrophic flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border show that at least 2,000 people remain missing, including 90 Americans, while the death toll has topped 600 and continues to climb.
A before & after satellite comparison (false color) shows the scale of the glacier collapse in Nepal.
You can see not only the massive piece of glacier that broke, but the scar left behind as it slid down the valley.
More Nepal Flood maps: 👉 https://t.co/F4R6MwPzfs pic.twitter.com/6sjfGQ6SBq
The "Day After Tomorrow"-like flash flood began when part of a glacier collapsed at roughly 5,200 meters in the Himalayas, plunging about 1,200 meters and gathering rock and debris before slamming into the Lende River.
What Actually Triggered the Nepal–Tibet Border Flash Flood?
A massive ice and rock avalanche from a glacier triggered a chain reaction near the Nepal–China border. The avalanche and debris blocked the river, forming a temporary barrier lake. When the blockage gave way, a… pic.twitter.com/raaCcjQClO
Search-and-rescue operations entered a fourth day Saturday, but adverse weather conditions in the region grounded Nepalese military helicopters and left emergency crews struggling through deep mud.
Before and after the August 26 glacier-collapse flood in Nepal. pic.twitter.com/g9kWNSGHXd
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026Al Jazeera reports that more than 100 people are believed to be trapped inside a mud-filled tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa District.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration was prepared to provide humanitarian support. The State Department announced $500,000 in assistance through Catholic Relief Services for emergency shelter, sanitation and relief supplies.
Here's the video that shocked the world last week:
A landslide at the China-Nepal border has hit a key checkpoint with Tibet, resulting in “major casualties”, according to state media and footage shared online. pic.twitter.com/rc7teWCa2r
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) August 26, 2026The Guardian noted, "Many of the Americans who are missing were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a sacred site in Tibet revered by several faiths, including Hinduism and Buddhism."
An official in Nepal told The Guardian that an increasing number of bodies have been arriving at morgues and that the death toll is likely to rise in the days ahead.
"We have been receiving bodies from different locations continuously, nine from Tanahun, 27 from Nawalparasi East, and 20 from Dhading districts," Kuman Singh Gurung, Kaski's chief district officer, told Reuters.
Tyler Durden Sat, 08/29/2026 - 09:55Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared on 28 August that either all Persian Gulf countries will be allowed to export oil freely or none will, adding that the security of West Asia depends on the withdrawal of US forces.
"The equation of this war is clear: either all or none!" Ghalibaf said, adding, "In a region where we don’t sell oil, no one else will sell oil either." The speaker emphasized further, "If our security is not ensured, no infrastructure will be safe."
via Associated Pre“Security of the strait depends on the absence of US forces. We have said many times that the situation in the strait will not return to what it was before the war.”
The comments came in response to claims by US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Brad Cooper that US forces had seized full control of the Strait of Hormuz and halted Iranian oil exports.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued the same day, urged all states to refuse to enforce a new US sanctions package the same day, warning that compliance makes a government complicit in violating international law and the sovereign equality of states.
Washington unveiled the measures under the name “Operation Economic Outcast” after failing to reach its war aims against Iran with military force.
The ministry condemned the package as economic terrorism, stating that it revealed “the criminal intent of those who designed and implemented it to inflict suffering on the Iranian people and deprive Iranian citizens of their fundamental human rights; therefore, it is tantamount to an international crime and a crime against humanity.”
It said the US was weaponizing the dollar to pressure other governments into backing its policies on Iran, in breach of the UN Charter and the principle of non-intervention.
Tehran also said the sanctions defy the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order of October 3, 2018 requiring Washington to lift barriers to the flow of food, medicine, and medical equipment.
The ministry tied the economic war to the broader US-Israeli offensive against Iran over the past year and a half, and said the failure of the UN and its members to confront those violations has produced “a highly dangerous pattern of lawlessness.”
Senator Kennedy floats the possibility of US pulling out of the Iran war while leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed
It would certainly be an option at some point, now that we've accomplished most of our goals, for us to come home. The president's critics will say, but the Strait… pic.twitter.com/qVdb40yHvp
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi previously said that Trump's “Economic D-Day” campaign would deliver Washington nothing but further defeat, calling it a distraction from a US debt crisis that hit a record $40 trillion this month.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the turn to economic war followed Washington's failure to achieve its military objectives, and that the US was now begging its allies for help while claiming Iran was on the brink of collapse.
Tyler Durden Sat, 08/29/2026 - 09:20