flood
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A 97-year-old woman pulled from flood debris in Nepal is recovering in hospital, according to her doctors.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster has left an "enormous" level of trauma, the Red Cross said Friday, with early estimates suggesting 93,000 people may have been affected.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
More than 1,500 people are missing and at least 470 people confirmed dead in Nepal and China following Wednesday’s flood, as rescue efforts continued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
China has warned there is a "high risk" that a lake which formed after the recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may breach its banks, causing a second flood downstream.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The flood that wrecked bridges also tore away homes and yards, but the people had time to escape.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK has offered £5m to help the Nepalese government following the floods, saying it was a "very distressing and devastating situation".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
More than 2,400 people were still missing Friday missing and 584 were confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
We can expect a lot more extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, droughts and floods, as a result.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
In travel news, hundreds of foreign tourists are missing following tsunami-like floods on the Nepal-China border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Oh, yeah. You look at the lockkeeper’s house at Duke’s Cut. On the wall there they’ve got a board showing how high the water came in the floods of—When was it, Dougie?”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
India’s dysfunctional urbanization provides an endless stream of videos: mounds of rotting garbage, trains overflowing with commuters, half-drowned school buses on flooded roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Footage shared by the broadcaster, which AFP was unable to immediately verify, showed rushing water carrying tree branches and debris, as well as a flooded road.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Andrew Gutteridge, who worked at Llanwern for over 30 years, said some workers were on lighter duties after cheap imports flooded the UK market.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It flooded multiple times, suffered fires, and was repeatedly entered by people, all of which moved debris and complicated the archaeological record.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The foyer flooded with trainees going this way and that way.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Tatajana Phillips, from Folkestone in Kent, told the BBC she has not been able to contact her sister who was near the Nepal-Tibet border when devastating flash flooding hit.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Lala carried a record wind gust of 140 miles per hour, recorded on the peak of Mauna Kea, while across the state more than 100 homes were damaged or destroyed by cataclysmic flooding.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nepali authorities also warned about additional flooding and warned residents and rescuers to take precautions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Emergency teams were racing to retrieve survivors from affected zones, as the threat of new flooding grew.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
This is when all of the memories come flooding in.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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