2026年8月28日 / 美国东部时间上午10:03 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：阿尔沙德·R·扎加尔
阿尼尔·戈尔是周三上午在尼泊尔与西藏边境的拉苏瓦加迪移民检查站的约10名美国公民之一，就在一股泥石流和洪水席卷该检查站及其周边地区之前。
周五，这位67岁的北弗吉尼亚居民、前世界银行雇员的家人仍在急切搜寻他的下落。目前，尼藏边境沿线毁灭性洪水和泥石流造成的死亡人数不断上升，至少1400人仍然失踪。
“我们有一张父亲和他的团队在边境检查站的照片，”阿尼尔·戈尔的儿子阿努拉格·戈尔对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。阿努拉格在波士顿担任工程师。
阿尼尔·戈尔2026年8月26日发给家人的照片显示，他的旅游团成员在拉苏瓦加迪移民办公室前合影，该办公室位于中尼边境吉隆港口岸设施的尼泊尔一侧，拍摄仅约35分钟后，该区域就被突如其来的山洪彻底摧毁。 图片由戈尔家族提供
这张阿尼尔发来的照片里并没有他本人，而是至少7名和他同行的徒步团队成员在移民办公室标牌前摆姿势拍照。他的儿子认为，这张照片应该是父亲拍摄的。
阿努拉格表示，家人已确认，当地时间上午8点35分，他父亲的签证在该检查站获批。
仅仅35分钟后，该区域的所有建筑都被冲走或被泥浆和水墙掩埋。这场灾难是由远处一处岩架坍塌以及其支撑的巨大喜马拉雅冰川崩塌引发的。
上方的范托卫星档案照片展示了2024年4月中尼边境的吉隆港口岸设施，下方另一张2026年8月27日拍摄的范托卫星照片则展示了次日上午山洪席卷山谷后的同一区域。 卫星图片©2026 范托/盖蒂图片社
他的儿子说，拍照时，阿尼尔·戈尔正前往冈仁波齐峰，准备从尼泊尔入境前往西藏这座神山朝圣。
“我们不确定他们是否已经进入西藏，”戈尔的女儿曼维·戈尔对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。“他们有可能已经过境，但我的直觉是，灾难发生时他仍在尼泊尔一侧。”
阿尼尔·戈尔是经验丰富的徒步旅行者，退休后爱上了这项爱好，此前已经10次前往尼泊尔参加徒步探险活动。
阿努拉格告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他最后一次和父亲通话时，父亲“非常兴奋，正处于他最开心的状态”。
一张由戈尔家族分享给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的照片显示，阿尼尔·戈尔在2026年8月尼泊尔徒步旅行期间的画面。2026年8月28日，也就是尼藏边境山谷遭遇山洪摧毁两天后，戈尔仍是众多失踪的美国公民之一。 图片由戈尔家族提供
“对他来说，这既是一次徒步探险，也是一次前往冈仁波齐峰的宗教朝圣之旅，”阿努拉格说道。
他表示，父亲多年前就爱上了徒步旅行。2015年，他和妻子前往珠穆朗玛峰大本营，在此之前他还攀登了非洲最高峰乞力马扎罗山。
但“尼泊尔地区已经成为他在全世界最喜爱的地方”，住在加州的女儿曼维对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。“这些年来他完成了多次徒步旅行。这是他今年的第二次徒步旅行。他原本想带弗吉尼亚的好友们来了解和探索这片区域。”
2019年1月的一张家庭合影显示，从左到右依次是阿努拉格·戈尔、父亲阿尼尔、妹妹曼维和母亲阿米塔，当时他们正在智利巴塔哥尼亚地区徒步旅行。 图片由戈尔家族提供
阿尼尔在YouTube上记录自己的徒步旅行经历，希望吸引更多人来到他热爱的这片区域。
此次出行，他和其他10名美国公民以及两名尼泊尔公民一同前往。他们通过总部位于加德满都的探险旅行社“经典假期”报名参团。
周五，救援工作仍在加紧进行。受影响区域上游山区的一处冰川湖因 debris 淤积、融水充盈而水位上涨，引发了新一波洪水可能即将来袭的担忧。
中国国家电视台表示，该湖泊的洪水风险“可控”，但对于像戈尔一家这样数千名等待亲人消息的家庭来说，这仍是一则令人深感不安的消息。
“我们期盼着好消息，但也清楚局势的严峻性，”阿努拉格·戈尔对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻说道。“我们也希望了解救援工作的进展……并提高公众意识，以便更多外国政府和机构能够提供帮助。”
2019年11月，阿米塔和阿尼尔·戈尔在尼泊尔徒步旅行期间的合影。 图片由戈尔家族提供
有关部门表示，周五边境两侧仍有约1500人失踪，其中包括来自31个国家的多达540名外国公民。美国国务院表示，可能有多达90名美国人受到影响。
尼泊尔当地媒体称，失踪人数可能高达12000人，但官方尚未证实这一数字。
尼泊尔外交部周五表示，尽管多个国家主动提出援助，但该国不需要外国搜救力量支援。
Family of Virginia man last heard from at Nepal-Tibet border just before flood hit desperate for info
August 28, 2026 / 10:03 AM EDT / CBS News
By Arshad R. Zargar
Anil Goel was among about 10 U.S. nationals at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal’s border with Tibet Wednesday morning just before a torrent of mud and floodwater swept away the facility and everything around it.
On Friday, the 67-year-old Northern Virginia resident and former World Bank employee’s family was still desperate for information on his whereabouts, as the death toll from the devastating floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border climbed, and at least 1,400 people remained missing.
“We have a photo of our father with his group from the border crossing,” Anurag Goel, Anil Goel’s son, who works as an engineer in Boston, told CBS News.
A photo sent by Anil Goel to his family on Aug. 26, 2026, shows members of his tour group at the Rasuwagadhi immigration office, on the Nepali side of the Gyirong Port border crossing facility on the China-Nepal border, about 35 minutes before the area was decimated by a torrent of flash floodwater. Courtesy of the Goel family
The photo sent by Anil doesn’t actually show him, but rather at least seven members of the trekking group he was with, posing in front of the immigration office sign. His son believes he may have taken the picture.
Anurag said the family got confirmation that his father’s visa was approved at the checkpoint at 8:35 a.m. local time.
Just 35 minutes later, all of the buildings in the area were swept away or covered by a wall of mud and water unleashed by the collapse of a distant rock ledge and the vast Himalayan glacier it had supported.
A file Vantor satellite image, above, shows the Gyirong Port border post facility on the China-Nepal border in April 2024, while another Vantor image taken on Aug. 27, 2026, below, shows the same area after flash floods swept through the valley on the preceding morning. Satellite images (c) 2026 Vantor/Getty
Goel was on his way to Mount Kailash, about to cross the border from Nepal for a pilgrimage to the sacred mountain in Tibet, when the photograph was taken, his son said.
“We are not sure if they crossed into Tibet,” Goel’s daughter Manvi Goel told CBS News. “It’s possible they did, but my hunch is he was still on the Nepal side when the calamity struck.”
Anil Goel is a seasoned trekker and had visited Nepal 10 times previously for hiking expeditions, having embraced the hobby in retirement.
Anurag told CBS News that when he last spoke to his father, he was “very excited, in his happy place.”
Anil Goel is seen during his August 2026 trekking trip in Nepal, in a photo shared with CBS News by his family. Goel was among dozens of U.S. nationals missing on Aug. 28, 2026, two days after flash floods decimated valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border. Courtesy of the Goel family
“For him, it was both — a hiking expedition and a religious pilgrimage to Mount Kailash,” Anurag said.
He said his father fell in love with hiking years ago. He traveled with his wife to the Mount Everest base camp in 2015, and before that he climbed Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.
But “the Nepal region had become his favorite place in the world,” daughter Manvi, who lives in California, told CBS News. “Over the years he did many treks. This was his second trek this year. He wanted to take his dear friends from Virginia to understand and explore the region.”
A family photo from January 2019 shows, from left, Anurag Goel, his father Anil, sister Manvi and mother Amita during a trekking trip to Chile’s Patagonia region. Courtesy of the Goel family
Anil documented his treks on YouTube, hoping to attract more people to the region he loved.
On this visit, he was accompanied by 10 other Americans and two Nepali nationals. They were traveling with the Kathmandu-based adventure trekking company Classic Vacations.
Rescue efforts were still ramping up Friday when a swollen glacial lake in the mountains upstream from the affected area, dammed up by debris and filling with meltwater, raised concerns of a possible new inundation looming.
China’s state television network said the flood risks from the lake were “manageable,” but it was another piece of deeply worrying news for thousands of families like Goel’s waiting for word of loved ones.
“We hope for good news but understand the severity of the situation,” Anurag Goel told CBS News. “We also want to understand the nature of the rescue work … and raise awareness so that more foreign governments and agencies are able to help.”
Amita and Anil Goel are seen during a trekking trip in Nepal in November 2019. Courtesy of the Goel family
Authorities said about 1,500 people were still missing on both sides of the border Friday, including as many as 540 foreign nationals from 31 countries. The U.S. State Department said as many as 90 Americans could have been impacted.
Local media in Nepal said the number of missing could be as high as 12,000, but there was no confirmation of that figure from authorities.
Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that it did not need foreign assistance with search and rescue operations, despite offers of help from several countries.
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