Guancha uses Nepal's flood losses to cast Kathmandu as China-dependent and India as "the bad neighbour"

contributing a Chinese scientific plan to joint prevention and control of transboundary geological disasters

为跨境地质灾害联防联控贡献中国科学方案

Because the disaster evolved across national borders, a unilateral investigation alone cannot fully reconstruct the whole picture of its evolution. Domestic experts travelling to Nepal for a joint on-site tracing of the source has become a key step in reconstructing the full disaster chain.

由于灾害跨国界演进，仅靠单边调查难以完整还原灾害演化全貌，国内专家赴尼泊尔开展联合现场溯源，成为还原灾害全链条的关键一步。

The flood crisis has deepened in the Khadda area of Kushinagar district because of the heavy volume of water released from Nepal into the Narayani (Gandak) river.

नेपाल से नारायणी (गंडक) नदी में छोड़े गए भारी पानी के कारण कुशीनगर जिले के खड्डा क्षेत्र में बाढ़ का संकट गहरा गया है।

"This is a disaster of our own making."

“这是一场由我们自己制造的灾难。”

The Chinese side provided Nepal with warning information, which was relayed down via Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs but was affected by factors such as network delays.

中国方面向尼泊尔提供了预警信息,信息经尼泊尔内政部向下传递,但受到了网络延迟等因素的影响。

Nepal has survived by making itself useful to both China and India and a threat to neither.

尼泊尔通过使自身对中印双方都有用且对任何一方都不构成威胁而得以生存。

The breaking of the Lakhandei river's embankment in Nepal's Sarlahi district has caused huge devastation.

नेपाल के सर्लाही जिले में लखदेई नदी का बांध टूटने से भारी तबाही मच गई है।

Nepal is battling severe flooding for the second time in 1 month.

नेपाल 1 महीने में दूसरी बार भीषण बाढ़ से जूझ रहा है।

In Nepal's Mustang district on Sunday, amid heavy rain, a large section of a mountain broke off and fell into the Kali Gandaki river.

नेपाल के मुस्तांग जिले में रविवार को भारी बारिश के बीच पहाड़ का एक बड़ा हिस्सा टूटकर कालीगंडकी नदी में जा गिरा।

So far 4 people have died in the accident, while 12 are missing.

हादसे में अब तक 4 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है, जबकि 12 लोग लापता हैं।

Because of bad weather and flight problems, the whole team could not reach base camp.

खराब मौसम और उड़ान में दिक्कत के कारण पूरी टीम बेस कैंप तक नहीं पहुंच सकी।

The area is very remote, so it is not easy to reach.

यह इलाका काफी दूरदराज है, इसलिए यहां पहुंचना आसान नहीं है।

As of 19:00 local time on August 28, the death toll from the major disaster caused by the flash flood that broke out on August 26 in the north of the country has soared to 579, with another 1,924 missing.

截至当地时间8月28日19时，该国北部地区因8月26日暴发山洪引发的重大灾害，死亡人数已剧增至579人，另有1924人下落不明。

China's top leadership attaches great importance to the matter, the relevant departments have quickly activated a national Level IV disaster-relief emergency response, and rescue forces are making an all-out effort at dragnet-style search and rescue and at clearing roads.

中国政府最高层高度重视，相关部门已迅速启动国家Ⅳ级救灾应急响应，救援力量正全力开展拉网式搜救与道路抢通。

Between "scientific perception of risk" and "establishing effective cross-border notification and hazard-avoidance mechanisms" there is still an enormous barrier, and a great deal of practical work remains to be done.

从“科学感知风险”到“建立有效的跨国通报与避险行动机制”，中间仍存在巨大的阻隔，有大量的现实工作要做。

Floods and landslides triggered by continuous heavy rainfall have killed 21 people in the country, with several others missing and injured.

持续强降雨引发的洪水和山体滑坡已造成该国21人死亡，另有多人失踪和受伤。

Because one more port means one more measure of strategic autonomy, one more bargaining chip against threats from the bad neighbour to the south.

因为多一个口岸,就多一分战略自主,多一分免受南方恶邻威胁的筹码。

It can be said that Chinese goods are already part of Nepalis' daily life.

可以说,中国商品,已经是尼泊尔人日常生活的一部分。

Next time, if an earthquake, flood or glacial lake outburst strikes again, they will still look north. Because we have already proved our certainty through action.

下次如果地震、洪水、冰湖溃决再度降临,他们仍然会看向北方。因为我们已经用行动证明了自身的确定性。

However, the earthquake-resistant design of hydropower stations has got somewhere, but debris-flow resistance still seems not to have been given much attention. Nor does anyone know how to give it attention.

不过水电站的抗震设计有点眉目了，抗泥石流好像还是没有怎么重视。也不知道怎么重视。

That there was no dam breach and no secondary disaster is already lucky enough.

没有决堤、造成二次危害，已经够幸运了。

China is also building many hydropower stations in the Himalayan region, with Yaxia the largest. I wonder what consideration has been given to the danger of debris flows?

中国也在喜马拉雅山区大造水电站，雅下是最大的。不知道对泥石流危害有什么考虑？

People in Nepal are paying with their lives for a crisis created by fossil fuel emissions thousands of miles away.

হাজার হাজার মাইল দূরে জীবাশ্ম জ্বালানি থেকে হওয়া নিঃসরণ যে সংকট তৈরি করেছে, নেপালের মানুষ জীবন দিয়ে তার মূল্য দিচ্ছেন।

The situation of a country that has played virtually no part in creating this problem makes one thing clearer

যে দেশটি এ সমস্যা তৈরিতে কার্যত কোনো ভূমিকা রাখেনি, তার এ পরিস্থিতি একটি বিষয় আরও স্পষ্ট করে

Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has called on high-emitting countries such as China and India to "wake up" and acknowledge their shared responsibility for this disaster.

নেপালের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী শিশির খানাল চীন ও ভারতের মতো বেশি কার্বন নিঃসরণকারী দেশগুলোকে ‘জেগে ওঠার’ এবং এই দুর্যোগের যৌথ দায় স্বীকার করার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন।

When Maharjan finally regained consciousness in hospital after what was almost a miraculous rescue, he did not recognise even his wife.

প্রায় অলৌকিকভাবে উদ্ধার পাওয়ার পর অবশেষে হাসপাতালে যখন মহরজনের চেতনা ফিরল, তখন তিনি স্ত্রীকেও চিনতে পারেননি।

A single word floated out from inside: "Hunuhuncha." Roughly, it means "We are here."

ভেতর থেকে ভেসে এল একটি মাত্র শব্দ ‘হুনুহুনচা। মোটামুটি এর অর্থ, ‘আমরা এখানে আছি।’

Dahal said that had the workers known about it, two-thirds of those inside would have survived.

দহল বলেন, কর্মীরা সেটির কথা জানলে ভেতরে থাকা দুই-তৃতীয়াংশ কর্মীই প্রাণে বেঁচে যেতেন।

But verification found the video is not from Nepal. It is from the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, and from June 2026.

তবে যাচাইয়ে দেখা গেছে, ভিডিওটি নেপালের নয়। এটি মধ্য এশিয়ার দেশ কিরগিজস্তানের এবং ২০২৬ সালের জুনের।

Although the two areas are part of the same Bhotekoshi–Trishuli–Narayani river system, they are far apart.

দুই এলাকা একই ভোটেকোশি–ত্রিশূলী–নারায়ণী নদী ব্যবস্থার অংশ হলেও তারা অনেক দূরে অবস্থিত।

The claim has no connection to the recent floods in Nepal.

দাবিটির সঙ্গে সাম্প্রতিক নেপালের বন্যার কোনো সম্পর্ক নেই।

The upstream hazard source being outside China's borders is the biggest weakness in this monitoring

上游危险源位于境外是本次监测最大短板

On August 26, a glacier collapse occurred on the Nepali side, and the Kyirong border crossing linking China's Tibet and Nepal has become the painful symbol of this disaster.

8月26日，尼泊尔一侧发生冰川崩塌，连接中国西藏和尼泊尔的吉隆边境口岸成为这场灾难的惨痛象征。

China's meteorological authorities... developed a Nepal-customized version of the "Mazu" intelligent weather warning scheme, providing support for Nepal's rescue and post-disaster recovery work.

中国气象局...开发了中国气象智能预警方案“妈祖”尼泊尔定制版，为尼方抢险救援和灾后恢复工作提供保障。

After the disaster struck, China swiftly launched emergency assistance to Nepal.

灾害发生后，中国迅速展开对尼泊尔紧急援助。

two Chinese Air Force Y-20 large transport aircraft, carrying 13,200 items totalling 50 tonnes of emergency relief supplies, including tents, blankets, compressed rations, sleeping bags and first-aid kits

中国空军两架运—20大型运输机搭载帐篷、毛毯、压缩干粮、睡袋和急救包等1.32万件、共50吨紧急救援物资

Our embassy attaches great importance to, and is doing everything to protect, the safety of Chinese citizens, and has actively coordinated with the Nepali side to deploy helicopters and step up the rescue and transfer of stranded Chinese personnel.

我使馆高度重视并全力保护中国公民安全，积极协调尼方动用直升机，加紧救援和转运中方被困人员。

coordinating and urging the Nepali side to race against time to search for and rescue affected Chinese citizens and to report progress promptly

协调推动尼方争分夺秒搜救受灾中国公民并及时通报进展

two Chinese Air Force Y-20 large transport aircraft carrying 13,200 items of emergency relief supplies landed in Nepal

中国空军两架运-20大型运输机搭载1.32万件紧急救援物资飞抵尼泊尔

a debris flow disaster on the Nepali side caused heavy casualties and missing persons at Kyirong Port, Kyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet

因尼泊尔一侧发生泥石流灾害，造成西藏日喀则市吉隆县吉隆口岸重大人员伤亡、失联

The lake is close to the ice-and-rock collapse source area upstream, inside Nepal

该湖靠近本次灾害上游尼泊尔境内冰岩崩塌源区

A spokesperson for the Nepali military said the floods destroyed riverside settlements and infrastructure, and that as of the afternoon of the 26th at least 25 people had been rescued.

尼泊尔军方发言人表示，洪水摧毁了沿河的居民点和基础设施，截至26日下午，已有至少25人获救。