Nepal warns of fresh risk as lake in flood area threatens to burst

Tragedy at Gyirong hub lays bare climate risks along fragile mountain corridor

Chinese water resources authorities have issued an urgent warning after a massive barrier lake holding around 2 million cubic metres of water formed near the Nepal-Tibet border, raising fears of another major flood downstream.

Surveillance footage posted on Chinese social media shows a wall of mud and debris rushing towards the port, with people running as parked vehicles were surrounded by floodwater.

The disaster struck after a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal triggered a massive flow of ice, rocks, mud and debris toward the China-Nepal border.