Photos: UN urges global aid after China, Nepal floods kill over 1,300

UN launches $50m appeal to aid over 84,000 flood survivors in Nepal amid cholera risks and sanitation challenges.Soldiers rescue a worker from a tunnel during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district. [Nepal Army via AP Photo]Published On 6 Sep 20266 Sep 2026The United Nations’ top official in Nepal has issued an emotional appeal for international aid, warning that survivors of the catastrophic Himalayan flooding last month saw their lives transformed “in one to two minutes”.The UN Resident Coordinator, Lila Pieters Yahia, said communities along the China-Nepal border were struggling to comprehend the scale of devastation after torrential floods on August 26 tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and hydropower dams.“You lose your home, you lose your livelihood, you lose your loved one and you lose the breadwinner of your family,” she told the AFP news agency in Kathmandu. “And you know, this happened in one to two minutes.”At least 1,384 people were killed and more than 5,500 others remain missing in Nepal and the Tibet region of China. Among the missing are more than 800 foreigners from at least 34 countries, includ...