Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wall of ice, rock and mud tore through Nepal and Tibet this week, killing hundreds of people. Scientists believe the disaster ...

Flood damage along the Bhotekoshi River in Nuwakot, Nepal, on Aug. 28, as search and rescue efforts continued. Photo: Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

Rescuers have resumed efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pause over fears of a second glacial flood, as the death toll continues to rise and the number of people ...

Anil Goel was among about 10 U.S. nationals at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal's border with Tibet Wednesday morning just before a torrent of mud and floodwater swept away the facility ...

Massive landslides and catastrophic flash floods have wreaked havoc at the Nepal-China border, destroying houses, wiping out bridges and killing more than 1,200 people. More than 4,500 people remain ...

Sitting at home, Shekhar Agrawal dials number after number, hoping one of them might offer clues to the whereabouts of his sister and teenage niece – American tourists who have been missing since ...

Did warm conditions play a role? There is increasing interest in the role of unusually warm conditions and glacial permafrost instability. Warming can increase meltwater penetration into the crevasses ...

At least 469 people have died, and at least 1,500 people remain missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a glacial collapse sent a mountain of mud and rock into a Himalayan river, ...

The deadly flash floods in Nepal are not a surprise to many scientists. Glacial melt is accelerating because of climate change, putting millions of people at risk. Now, these deadly flash floods on ...

At least 900 people have died, and nearly 5,000 others are reported missing after a flash flood struck a mountainous area in Nepal and the Tibet region of China on Aug. 26. The working theory is that ...

A collapsing glacier in Tibet led to a devastating wall of water and debris roaring through a valley in Nepal, leaving hundreds dead and many hundreds still missing. Stuart Dunning is a professor of ...

On Wednesday morning, a massive flood of mud, water and debris swept away villages on either side of the border between China and Nepal, killing more than 360 people and leaving around 1,450 missing.