Nepal-Tibet floods: number of missing climbs to nearly 3,000 as search for survivors enters fourth day – latest updates

Nepali minister estimates cost of rebuilding could be up to $5bn, as death toll rises to 626 with seven confirmed dead in Tibet

• ‘The flood took everything I have’: survivors grieve for relatives and homes swept away in Nepal

• Chinese rescuers find ‘nothing but ruins’ at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead

India said it is increasing surveillance of glaciers and glacial lakes in its Himalayan regions bordering Nepal and China.

The deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border were believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse that was detected as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event by geologists. You can read this explainer to find out more about how a collapsing glacier can generate a powerful flood, and whether the climate crisis is contributing to the risk.