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Nepal and Tibet have been hit by catastrophic flooding, with the death toll exceeding 360 and more than 1,400 people still unaccounted for.

Nepal and Tibet have been hit by catastrophic flooding, with the death toll exceeding 360 and more than 1,400 people still unaccounted for.

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August 27th, 2026

Nepal and Tibet have been hit by catastrophic flooding, with the death toll exceeding 360 and more than 1,400 people still unaccounted for.

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On Thursday, rescue teams and military helicopters launched an extensive search along the Nepal-China border region, endeavoring to locate hundreds of missing individuals.

星期四救援队伍军用直升机沿尼泊尔与中国交界地带展开大规模搜索力图寻获数百名失踪人员

The preceding day, a glacial collapse unleashed a lethal torrent of water and mud, rising several storeys high, which engulfed local communities.

此前一日冰川崩塌引发一股高达数层楼的致命洪流泥浆席卷了当地社区

Disaster footage depicts people fleeing in panic before the floodwaters engulfed them, while the deluge demolished buildings and bridges.

灾难影像显示人们在洪水吞噬他们之前仓皇奔逃,而洪水则摧毁了建筑物桥梁

According to police reports, over 360 individuals have perished, with more than 1,400 still unaccounted for, including dozens of foreign nationals and pilgrims.

据警方通报已有逾360人罹难超过1400人下落不明其中包括数十名外籍人士朝圣者

Furthermore, several hundred people have been displaced across the Himalayan region.

此外还有数百人在喜马拉雅地区流离失所

The steep slopes and lush, deep valleys beneath the Himalayan rangehome to many of the world's highest peaks and a dwindling number of glaciersare particularly susceptible to flooding and landslides.

喜马拉雅山脉之下陡峭坡地葱郁幽深的山谷——此处矗立着全球诸多最高峰残存着为数不多的冰川——尤其易受洪涝山体滑坡之害。

Meanwhile, climate change driven by human activity has rendered glacial melt increasingly widespread.

人为因素所诱发的气候变迁使冰川消融之势愈发普遍

The imagery reveals that in Nepal's severely affected Nuwakot District, the second storeys of some buildings were coated in mud once the floodwaters receded.

图片显示尼泊尔受灾严重的努瓦科特县部分建筑物二层在洪水退去后为泥浆所覆盖

Both the riverbanks and the village thoroughfares lay buried beneath silt, with debris dangling from tree branches and overhead power lines.

河岸村庄街道均被淤泥掩埋残骸悬挂于树枝电线之上。

Vehicles were engulfed, while a number of visibly shaken survivors emerged caked in mud.

车辆遭埋没一些惊魂未定的幸存者浑身沾满泥泞

Side-by-side imagery aired by China Central Television reveals that a multi-storey building and over a dozen vehicles have been engulfed by the debris flow.

中央电视台播出前后对比影像显示一座多层建筑十余辆车辆被泥石流所覆盖

A two-lane highway running alongside the river in the Shigatse region of Tibet has been completely buried.

西藏日喀则地区一条沿河延伸的双车道公路已遭彻底掩埋

Aerial footage further discloses that a lake has formed along the Sino-Nepalese border, and its surface area is steadily expanding.

航拍画面进一步揭示中尼边境地带形成了一个湖泊其面积正在持续扩张

Nirajan Boudiar, a journalist based in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is profoundly concerned about the safety of his parents and relatives in the village of Solai.

尼泊尔首都加德满都的记者尼拉詹·保迪亚尔对其父母及亲属在索莱村的安危深感忧虑。

"I am deeply fearful of the absence of any news," Paudyal confessed.

深恐杳无音讯,”保迪亚尔坦言

This catastrophe has left at least 910 individuals unaccounted for within Nepal.

这场灾难已致使尼泊尔境内至少910人下落不明

Authorities in Tibet, an autonomous region of China, have reported at least 3 fatalities and 558 persons missing.

西藏(中国的一个自治区)当局通报至少有3人罹难558人失踪

Nepalese officials noted that dozens of bridges had been destroyed and nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) of roads severely damaged, which considerably compounded the complexity of search and rescue operations.

尼泊尔官员指出数十座桥梁被摧毁近40公里(25英里)的道路受损严重极大地增加了搜救行动的复杂性

Brigadier General Raju Ram Bhandari, spokesperson for the Nepalese Army, stated that the military had successfully rescued over a hundred individuals via helicopter.

尼泊尔军队发言人拉贾·拉姆·巴斯内特准将表示军方已通过直升机成功营救逾百人

He further noted that military teams had also managed to evacuate those stranded within the facilities of the Trishuli Hydropower Project.

进一步指出军事小组还设法疏散被困于特里苏里水电项目设施内受困人员

Dozens of injured individuals were urgently transported to Kathmandu to receive the necessary medical treatment.

数十名伤员被紧急转运加德满都,以便接受必要的医疗救治

In Chitwan County, hundreds of kilometres (miles) downstream from the most severely affected area, rescue workers discovered the remains of the deceased.

距受灾最严重区域下游数百公里(英里)奇特万县救援人员发现了遇难者的遗体

Bishal Kumar Bhandari, president of the Nepal Red Cross Society, stated that the organization's focus has shifted from emergency relief to large-scale disaster response operations across the affected districts.

尼泊尔红十字会主席比沙尔·库马尔·班达里表示该机构工作重心已由紧急救援转向受灾各县大规模赈灾行动

He further noted that at least three villages, comprising approximately 1,200 residents, have been forcibly displaced from their homes.

进一步指出至少三个村庄约1200名居民被迫流离失所

In Tibet, a mudslide that erupted on Wednesday near the land border crossing at Gyirong Port engulfed a multi-storey port building, leaving an average of over 1.5 metres (5 feet) of mud deposited across the surrounding area, according to China's national broadcaster, CCTV.

在西藏星期三于吉隆口岸陆路边境附近爆发的泥石流吞没了一座多层口岸建筑周边区域淤积的泥浆平均厚度逾1.5米合5英尺),据中国国家广播公司中央电视台报道

All roads leading to the crossing have been damaged, and given the persistent rainfall in the area, the risk of further collapses or landslides cannot be overlooked.

通往该过境点的所有道路均遭损毁鉴于当地持续降雨二次坍塌或滑坡的风险不容忽视

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Gyirong on Thursday to personally oversee rescue operations, accompanied by five hundred military and paramilitary personnel.

中国国务院总理李强于星期四抵达吉隆坡亲自督导救援行动随行人员包括五百名军事及准军事人员

Military helicopters maintained a continuous presence overhead, conducting search missions for survivors while assessing the severity of the disaster and mapping out viable rescue and evacuation routes.

军用直升机在上空持续盘旋执行幸存者搜寻任务同时评估灾情严重程度并规划可行的救援与疏散路线

Chinese authorities have further cautioned that a newly formed lake at the confluence of the Cho Oyu River and the Pupuqiang Zangbo River is continuously overflowing, posing a potential risk of embankment failure.

中国当局进一步警示卓奥友河普普强藏布河交汇处新近形成湖泊正持续外溢存在溃堤潜在风险

Tom Fletcher, the UN's humanitarian affairs chief, announced on platform X on Thursday that he had directed the allocation of two million dollars from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to support medical care, shelter, and water supply.

联合国人道主义事务负责人汤姆·弗莱彻周四在X平台上宣布他已指示从联合国中央应急基金中调拨两百万美元用于支援医疗住所水源供应

He described the floods as "chilling."

形容这些洪水令人不寒而栗”。

We pledge our full support for the nation's efforts in providing emergency aid and relief, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters.

我们承诺鼎力支持国家在提供紧急援助与救助方面的各项努力联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯向记者如此表示。

Numerous residents in the disaster-stricken areas are eagerly looking forward, anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.

灾区众多民众翘首以盼急切等待着亲人音讯

Shova Shrestha, 33, has spent over a day scouring for news of her husband, Rajan Shrestha.

33岁的肖瓦·什雷斯塔已耗费逾一日光阴,四处探听丈夫拉詹·什雷斯塔的下落

According to her account, when the floodwaters raged, her husband's phone was still reachable on her first call, but since then there has been no trace of him.

据她所述洪水肆虐之际她初次拨打电话时丈夫的电话尚能接通然而此后便杳无音讯

Ever since, whenever a helicopter lands in Bidur, the district headquarters of Nuwakot, she peers intently, hoping to catch sight of him among the survivors.

自那以后每当有直升机降落在努瓦科特县首府比杜尔她都会凝神细看期盼能在幸存者中觅得他的身影

"I have been keeping a close watch on every helicopter, hoping that he might step out of one," said Shova.

始终在注视着每一架直升机的动向,期盼着能从中走出来,”肖瓦如是说

According to the Nepal Tourism Board, the missing individuals include 517 foreign nationals.

尼泊尔旅游局通报,失踪人员包括517名外籍人士

The bureau disclosed that the figure includes 178 Indian nationals, over 60 American citizens, and individuals from 30 other countries, including Ukraine, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Japan.

该局披露其中包含178名印度籍人士逾60名美国籍人士以及来自乌克兰英国南非日本其余30个国家的个体

Many of those unaccounted for may have perished while on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a peak revered as sacred by Hinduism, Buddhism, and other faiths.

许多下落不明者或许前往西藏冈仁波齐峰朝圣途中罹难该峰印度教佛教及其他宗教奉为圣地

Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev posted on platform X that 77 members of a pilgrimage group encountered flooding at a border immigration office.

印度精神导师萨古鲁·贾吉·瓦苏德夫在X平台上发布消息称,一支朝圣团中有77人在边境移民办公室遭遇了洪灾

In a video released by an evidently emotional Sadhguru, he claimed that the group comprised 22 Americans and individuals of other nationalities, while noting that no official, definitive information regarding their whereabouts was yet available.

情绪明显激动的萨古鲁发布的一段视频中他声称该团体22名美国人及其他国籍人士组成,并指出目前尚无关于他们下落的官方确切信息

The U.S. State Department has reported that, in the wake of the flooding, 90 American citizens are currently unaccounted for in China and Nepal.

美国国务院通报洪水灾害发生后目前有90名美国公民在中国及尼泊尔境内下落不明

The department stated that there have been no reports of American casualties, although three Americans have been successfully rescued.

该部门表示尚无美国公民遇难的报告已有3名美国人成功获救

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs reported on Thursday that a total of 288 Indian citizens remain unaccounted for, including workers from a certain power project.

印度外交部于周四通报共计288名印度公民下落不明其中涵盖某电力项目的工人

Lin Jian, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noted that nearly one hundred Chinese citizens have been reported missing within Nepalese territory.

中国外交部发言人林剑指出尼泊尔境内据报有近一百名中国公民下落不明

He further elaborated that, based on intelligence initially gathered, the 260 individuals unaccounted for in Tibet are of foreign nationality.

进一步说明根据初步掌握的情报西藏失踪的二百六十人外国籍人士

The United States Geological Survey initially reported that, in the early hours of Wednesday, a seismic event with a magnitude of 4.4 was detected in the vicinity of the border, approximately 65 kilometers (or 40 miles) northwest of Kathmandu.

美国地质调查局初步通报,周三凌晨时分,在加德满都西北方向约65公里(合40英里)的边境邻近地带,监测到一次震级为4.4的地震活动。

The agency subsequently revised its analytical findings, concluding that the seismic event was in fact a glacial collapse of magnitude 5.2, which triggered a cascading flow of debris downstream.

该机构随后修正了其分析结论认定该地震事件实为一次5.2级的冰川崩塌由此引发碎屑物质向下游的倾泻流动

Climate experts at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu have indicated that the flash flood that erupted on Wednesday may be attributable to a cascade of effects triggered by a glacial avalanche.

位于加德满都的国际山地综合发展中心的气候专家指出周三爆发的山洪或可归因于冰川雪崩所引发的连锁效应

In an email statement, they noted that the water level at a certain point along the Trishuli River surged by nine meters (equivalent to twenty-seven feet) within a mere half-hour.

一份电子邮件声明中他们指出特里苏里河某处水位在短短半小时内骤升了九米(合二十七英尺)

The increasingly unstable Himalayan ice system poses a grave threat to communities, infrastructure, and water supplieselements that are of paramount significance to one of the most densely populated regions on Earth.

日益不稳定的喜马拉雅冰系统正对社区基础设施供水构成严重威胁而这些要素对于世界上人口最为稠密的地区之一而言,具有举足轻重的意义

The region experienced a similar flash flood in August 2025, when a glacial lake in Tibet breached its banks and overflowed due to scorching temperatures.

该地区于2025年8月亦曾遭遇类似的山洪灾害彼时西藏境内一处冰川湖因高温肆虐而决堤溢流

The disaster claimed nine lives and damaged critical infrastructure, including a bridge linking Nepal and China.

此次灾难导致九人罹难并损毁了包括连接尼泊尔与中国的一座桥梁在内的关键基础设施

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