Rajendra Dawadi says a rapid evacuation at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal moved hundreds of children out just before flash floods destroyed the campus.
Nepalese officials said 903 bodies had been recovered after glacier-linked flooding, while the number of missing people nearly doubled within two days.
Emergency teams in Nepal intensified efforts to reach hundreds of workers believed trapped inside mud-filled hydropower tunnels after catastrophic Himalayan flooding.
Aid agencies and governments have pledged millions in emergency help after flash floods in Nepal and China’s Tibet region left nearly 800 people dead and more than 3,000 missing.
Park officials said a 46-year-old man was recovered near the Colorado River as crews searched for people still unaccounted for after severe flooding at Bright Angel Creek.
A farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, found a weak orangutan on a palm-oil plantation near wildfires, prompting a rescue and emergency treatment for the animal named Sampurna.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship JS Kunisaki departed Kure carrying three CH-47 helicopters for Japan’s first overseas firefighting mission, aimed at helping Indonesia battle forest fires.
Residents were urged to remain alert while rescue teams worked through destroyed roads, bridges and power networks along the Nepal-Tibet flood corridor.
The National Park Service says a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park left about 15 people missing, forced the evacuation of 62 people and damaged a key water pipeline.
Authorities in Nepal say the disaster has killed at least 734 people and left nearly 2,500 missing, with rescue crews still struggling to reach cut-off communities.
Nepali and Chinese authorities widened rescue efforts after a Himalayan flash flood killed at least 579 people in Nepal, left hundreds missing across the border region, and raised new fears about flooding from an upstream lake.
British Columbia ended the emergency order imposed on August 8, though evacuation alerts, active fires and major transportation disruptions were still shaping the province’s wildfire season.
The declaration was lifted early on emergency officials' advice, though evacuation orders remained and about 200 fires were still active across the province.
Authorities said the Aug. 15 magnitude 7.7 earthquake in East Nusa Tenggara injured 1,678 people and damaged more than 36,000 homes and public buildings.
Two women lost consciousness and required surgery after riding the extreme roller coaster six days apart, according to a report cited by The Hollywood Reporter.
A two-kilometre section south of Boston Bar resumed escorted, single-lane traffic while crews continued repairs to wildfire-damaged power infrastructure.
The seismic signal came from collapsing ice and rock before a destructive debris flow swept through communities on both sides of the Nepal-Tibet border.
The U.S. State Department reported no known American deaths and said three citizens had been rescued as families sought news of missing pilgrims and travellers.
At least 160 people were killed and hundreds remained missing after an ice-and-rock avalanche sent destructive floodwaters through Himalayan communities and transport corridors.
Roads, bridges, power facilities and villages were swept away after an ice-rock avalanche unleashed destructive flooding across the Nepal-Tibet border region.