Glacier collapse on China-Nepal border: 700+ dead, thousands missing

On August 26, 2026, a massive ice and rock mass collapsed from a peak over 5000 meters high on the China-Nepal border, creating a disastrous flood…

The event was initially recorded as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake, but the US Geological Survey determined the tremor was actually caused by the glacier collapse. The mudflow moved at a speed of 50 meters per…