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Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:40am on 28 Aug 2026,Friday International
China temporarily halted rescue operations along the Tibet-Nepal border on August 28 after a debris-filled barrier lake began overflowing, raising fears of another flash flood. The lake formed after a massive mudslide triggered by the Himalayan disaster on August 26. Chinese authorities ordered rescue teams to withdraw to safer locations as water levels were expected to rise amid continued rainfall. The renewed threat has complicated efforts to locate hundreds of people still missing after the earlier floods and mudslides. Authorities are closely monitoring the lake and river levels while preparing to resume rescue operations when conditions become safer.
