A glacier collapse on 2026-08-26 sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal's border region with China, triggering devastating floods. ^[1] Nepal's disaster management authority said on 2026-09-01 that the death toll reached 1,050 and about 4,000 people remain missing, including 583 foreigners. ^[2] Nepali rescuers built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of Himalayan hydropower projects to rescue close to 300 trapped workers, nearly a week after catastrophic floods devastated Nepal's towns and valleys. ^[3] Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on 2026-08-31 that more than 11,000 people have been rescued and that 279 workers were rescued from hydropower projects by joint Nepali, Indian and Chinese teams. ^[4] Nepal turned down foreign involvement in general search and rescue in the week before 2026-09-01 but requested specialized services and advanced technological support, including life-detecting machines, large refrigerators, and Bailey bridges. ^[5] Nepal's disaster management authority said on 2026-09-01 that a total of 583 foreign nationals were still missing. ^[6] China's foreign ministry said it will send DNA testing experts to the Nepal-China border disaster-hit areas and a second batch of relief supplies including drones and water purification equipment. ^[7] Mountain guide Asish Gurung told Reuters from Haku village in Rasuwa district that it is not humanly possible to enter the Trishuli Hydro Power plant tunnel, that machines like bulldozers and excavators are needed, and that about 500 people may be trapped inside. ^[8]