Nepal has urged residents and rescue teams to move to higher ground after a dam upstream in Tibet was reportedly breached, raising fears of another surge of floodwater following the devastating disaster along the Nepal-China border.

Fire and rescue personnel prepare a drone before carrying out rescue operations on a section of a road leading to Gyirong Port which was damaged after a mudslide two days earlier, in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region on August 28, 2026. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / CHINA OUT

More than 1,400 people are missing, and at least 552 have been killed after a devastating, tsunami-like wall of water gouged a path through the border region between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away entire villages.

Here are the latest developments after Wednesday’s disaster:

– Trauma ‘enormous’ –

A woman holds her five-month-old daughter after being rescued following the flash floods, at a military camp in the Trishuli area of Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026.

The level of trauma cascading from the Nepal flash floods is “enormous”, the Red Cross said Friday, with early estimates suggesting 93,000 people may have been affected and that the death toll will continue to rise.

“Due to roads and bridges having been washed out and both cell coverage and electricity cuts, we have not yet been able to access some of the hardest-hit areas,” said David Fisher, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies head of delegation for Nepal. “The trauma of this event is enormous.”

– Rescuers reach Tibet epicentre –

Army personnel carry a rescued resident at an army camp following flash floods, in Battar Bazar town of Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026. Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 469 people, Nepali police said on August 28, 48 hours after the disaster.

Rescuers in the autonomous Chinese region of Tibet have reached the main area wiped out by the devastating mudslide, Chinese state media reported.

“At approximately 4:30 pm (0830 GMT) on 28 August, six members of the first response team from the Fire and Rescue Corps of Tibet and 15 members and one dog from the first response team of the Fire and Rescue Corps of Sichuan arrived at the border area… They are the first professional teams to reach the core rescue site,” Xinhua News Agency reported.

– Death toll hits 552 –

Family members of missing people react as they wait outside a hospital following flash floods in Nepal, in Kathmandu, on August 28, 2026.

Nepal’s police announced a new death toll of at least 547 people. Chinese state media has confirmed at least five dead on the Tibet side, taking the total overall to 552.

More than 1,400 people are missing in total on both sides of the border, including hundreds of foreigners.

– New floods risk –

Nepal’s police announced a new death toll of at least 547 people. Chinese state media has confirmed at least five dead on the Tibet side, taking the total overall to 552.

More than 1,400 people are missing in total on both sides of the border, including hundreds of foreigners.

– New floods risk –

Army personnel escort a woman after her rescue from a flash flood site at Trishuli camp in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026. Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 469 people, Nepali police said on August 28, 48 hours after the disaster.

Nepal appealed Friday for international financial assistance, but said it was coping without foreign rescue teams.

“It is not that we will not need help, but our security network is capable and working effectively right now,” foreign ministry spokesman Lok Bahadur Chhetri told AFP. “If Nepal needs any specialised help or expertise, then we will request it.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered Beijing’s help Friday.

– Stranded tourists evacuated –

Rescuers have evacuated 555 stranded tourists from Tibet, Chinese state media reported.

CCTV said that 499 residents and 555 tourists had been transported out of the disaster zone as of Friday morning. It did not specify the tourists’ nationalities.

– 100 trapped in tunnel –

The Nepali military has located people trapped in the tunnel of Trishuli 3A hydropower project, where they were working to bring out survivors.

“Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel,” army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP.

Some 350 workers and residents have been brought to safety from the site, he added, but there were more than 100 people trapped in the same area.

– Bodies found downstream –

In India, authorities said they had recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, believed to be flood victims.