2026-08-29T02:50:11-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
尼泊尔境内及中尼边境地区周三发生的毁灭性山洪已造成超过600人死亡，目前仍有约3000人失踪，救援行动已进入第四天。
目前恶劣天气正阻碍针对救援人员和军方的空中救援行动，自周三以来，这些人员一直在泥泞地带昼夜不停地搜寻幸存者。尼泊尔军方发言人拉贾·拉姆·巴内特准将周六表示，直升机救援行动已暂停，待天气状况好转后恢复。
巴内特称，当局相信有100多人被困在尼泊尔拉苏瓦地区一处水电站建筑工地的隧道内，隧道中充满了厚厚的泥浆。一段来自现场的视频显示，救援人员将一名浑身深棕色泥浆的男子从隧道中拉出并推进。他可能是数十名被困人员之一。一架搭载救援吊篮的直升机曾用于营救部分人员，但由于现场有4至5英尺厚的泥浆以及降落区域有限，救援行动进展缓慢。
2026年8月28日，尼泊尔德夫加特村遭遇山洪后，航拍画面显示定居点被碎片和泥浆覆盖。
尼泊尔和中国当局警告称，周三的灾难后上游形成的新湖泊存在进一步决堤风险，已告知潜在受影响区域的民众转移至安全地带。另一场山洪暴发的风险也迫使救援队临时转移，专家警告该湖泊已开始溢水。
据尼泊尔当局透露，截至目前尼泊尔已救出超过3700人，而中国官方媒体称中方一侧有558人失踪。失踪者中有数百名外国人，他们当时正在该地区务工、徒步旅行或前往边境西藏一侧的圣山朝圣。
红十字会周五表示，约有9万人受到此次洪灾影响。据信此次洪灾是由一处岩架坍塌以及其支撑的大量冰川融化引发的。
2026年8月26日，尼泊尔努瓦科特地区德维加特遭遇山洪和山体滑坡灾害后，一名居民走过满是泥浆的街道。
山洪暴发的原因是什么？
科学家表示，卫星图像显示喜马拉雅地区一处高海拔冰川下方的基岩发生坍塌，带走了部分冰川。此次岩崩强度极大，被记录为里氏5.2级地震事件。
岩石和融化的水迅速使下游山谷中的河流水位暴涨，形成洪流，将建筑物、桥梁和泥土冲入西藏和尼泊尔境内的河道。
科学家们仍在通过卫星和地面数据拼凑信息，以确认洪灾的确切起因。目前在孟加拉国工作的奥地利格拉茨大学地质学家雅各布·施泰纳表示：“冰川的下部确实发生了崩落。”
这张信息图以三维形式展示了尼泊尔朗塘里隆峰，该冰川崩塌引发了8月26日的致命洪灾。
气候科学家指出，兴都库什-喜马拉雅地区正在快速变暖，导致冰川、积雪、永久冻土和山坡发生重大变化。
约78%的冰川区域位于海拔约14760至19685英尺之间，极易受到气候变暖的影响。
“不幸的是，昨天发生的事情已成为新常态，未来情况还会变得更糟，”施泰纳说道。
失踪者中包括美国人
美国国务院周五表示，已有五名美国人安全撤离，另有约90人下落不明。
美国驻尼泊尔大使馆在一份声明中称，美国“正在提供尼泊尔政府请求的各类物资，并正与尼泊尔合作，确保援助送达有需要的民众手中”。
“天主教救济服务机构将通过合作机构尼泊尔明爱，向拉苏瓦地区的两所学校运送超过2.5公吨的食品物资、500条毯子、500顶蚊帐以及500张用于临时避难所地面的隔热泡沫板，”大使馆表示，并补充后续物资运输计划已准备就绪。
这两张卫星图像分别拍摄于2026年6月25日和2026年8月26日，后者即该国遭遇毁灭性洪灾当日，展示了尼泊尔朗塘里隆峰山谷的状况。
在由印度精神领袖萨古鲁·瓦苏德瓦创立的志愿公益组织艾萨基金会组织的朝圣活动中，80名失踪者中有22名美国人。该组织旨在推广身心健康。
“目前我们仍在等待消息，”社区联络官莱斯利·克雷斯皮在田纳西州麦克明维尔接受电话采访时谈及失踪的朝圣者时说道，“我们已经通过国务院和大使馆尽最大努力开展了外联工作。”
该基金会随后向哥伦比亚广播公司提供的数据显示，这22名失踪的美国人全部为成年人，其中包括13名女性和9名男性。克雷斯皮表示，艾萨基金会已组织朝圣活动21年，“在这21年里，我们从未发生过人员伤亡”。
美国公民迪帕克·丹杜告诉哥伦比亚广播公司，他的妻子斯丽德维·维杰拉是尼泊尔洪灾失踪者之一。她当时正随艾萨基金会前往西藏冈仁波齐峰朝圣——这是印度教、佛教等宗教的圣地，迪帕克表示这是妻子“毕生的梦想”。
他告诉哥伦比亚广播公司，洪水暴发时她正从中国进入尼泊尔。该基金会告诉他，她当时身处吉隆港移民 complexes 所在的队伍中。
特朗普总统周四称此次洪灾景象令人痛心，他表示“坚固的建筑物被像牙签一样轻易摧毁”。
他在椭圆形办公室对记者表示，美国官员已与尼泊尔领导人取得联系，并主动提出“提供他们所需的任何援助”。
Nepal flood death toll surpasses 600, with more than 3,000 missing, as poor weather hampers rescues
2026-08-29T02:50:11-0400 / CBS/AP
The death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in Nepal and along the border with China has risen above 600, with around 3,000 people still missing, as rescue operations entered their fourth day.
Poor weather is currently hampering aerial rescue operations for the workers and military personnel who have been working around the clock since Wednesday to find survivors in the mud. Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, a Nepali Army spokesperson, said Saturday that helicopter operations were on hold until weather conditions improved.
Basnet said authorities believe more than 100 people are trapped in a tunnel filled with thick mud at a hydropower construction site in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. In a video from the scene, rescuers pulled and push a man covered in dark brown mud out of the tunnel. He was one of dozens who were likely trapped inside. A helicopter carrying a basket was used to reach some people but the operation was slowed down by the 4 to 5 feet of mud and limited landing areas.
An Aerial view shows debris and mud covering settlements following flash floods on August 28, 2026 in DevGhat village, Nepal. Ritesh Shukla / Getty Images
Nepali and Chinese authorities warned of further risk of flooding from a new lake that has formed upstream following Wednesday’s disaster, telling people in the potentially affected areas to move to safer ground. The risk of another flash flood has also forced rescue teams to relocate temporarily, with experts warning that the lake was starting to overflow.
More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far, according to authorities there, while China’s state media said 558 people were missing on the Chinese side. Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak on the Tibet side of the border.
The Red Cross said Friday that some 90,000 people had likely been impacted by the flooding, which is believed to have been triggered by the collapse of a rocky ledge and the vast portion of a glacier it had supported.
A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devighat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. PRAKASH MATHEMA /AFP via Getty Images
What caused the flash floods?
Scientists said satellite images indicated that bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme that it registered as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event.
The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.
Scientists were still piecing together information from satellite and ground-level data to confirm exactly what caused the flood, but Jakob Steiner, a geoscientist at the University of Graz in Austria who is currently based in Bangladesh, said “a lower part of a glacier has really come off.”
Infographic with a 3D representation of the Langtang-Lirung mountain peak in Nepal, where the collapse of a glacier caused deadly floods of August 26. SABRINA BLANCHARD,OLIVIA BUGAULT
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is warming rapidly, driving major changes in glaciers, snow cover, permafrost and mountain slopes, according to climate scientists.
Around 78% of the glacier area, located between about 14,760 and 19,685 feet above sea level, is highly exposed to warming.
“What happened yesterday is unfortunately the new normal. It’s going to get worse from here onwards,” Steiner said.
Americans among the missing
Five Americans have made their way to safety, and around 90 are among those unaccounted for, the U.S. State Department said Friday.
In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Nepal said the U.S. was “delivering a range of supplies requested by the Government of Nepal and is working with Nepal to ensure that assistance reaches the people who need it.”
“Catholic Relief Services, working through implementing partner Caritas Nepal, will deliver more than 2.5 metric tons of food supplies, 500 blankets, 500 mosquito nets, and 500 insulating foam sheets for temporary shelter flooring to two school locations in Rasuwa,” the embassy said, noting plans for subsequent supply shipments were already in place.
Satellite images show a valley of the Langtang Lirung mountain peak in Nepal on June 25, 2026, and Aug. 26, 2026, when devastating flooding struck the country. Sabrina Blanchard and Luca Matteucci/AFP via Getty Images
22 people from the U.S. were among the 80 who went missing from a pilgrimage run by the Isha Foundation, a volunteer-run group that promotes well-being founded by Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru Vasudev.
“At this point we are awaiting word,” community liaison Leslie Crespi, said in a phone interview from McMinnville, Tennessee, of the missing pilgrims. “We have done as much outreach as we can through the State Department, through the embassy.”
The 22 missing Americans were all adults, and included 13 women and nine men, the foundation later said in data it provided to CBS News. She said the Isha Foundation has organized pilgrimages for 21 years, and “in those 21 years, we have never lost a life.”
U.S. citizen Deepak Dandu said his wife, Sridevi Vejella, was among those missing in Nepal. She was on the pilgrimage with the Isha Foundation to Mount Kailash in Tibet — a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others — which he said was a “lifelong dream” for her.
An aerial view of the extensive destruction and debris deposits along the Trishuli River corridor following a catastrophic outburst flood and debris flow in Bidur, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 28, 2026. Sameer Shrestha/Anadolu via Getty Images
He told CBS News she was crossing from China into Nepal when the flood hit. The foundation told him she was part of a group that was present at the Gyirong Port immigration complex.
President Trump called the flooding terrible to see on Thursday, saying that “strong, well-built buildings were wiped out like they were toothpicks.”
He told reporters in the Oval Office that U.S. officials had spoken with Nepalese leaders and offered to provide “anything they want.”