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Nepal Glacier Collapse Kills 1,300, Missing Numbers Climb

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC · How we work

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Langtang Lirung mountain collapsed, killing over 1,300 people on August 26.
The disaster left at least 6,150 people missing in Nepal and 519 missing in China, with 1,403 bodies recovered.
World Weather Attribution scientists said long-term warming, glacier retreat and permafrost thaw created a compound crisis that weakened the slope.
Nepal estimates reconstruction costs at $4.78 billion.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah will address the UN on the disaster.

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Langtang Lirung mountain collapsed, killing over 1,300 people on August 26.
The disaster left at least 6,150 people missing in Nepal and 519 missing in China, with 1,403 bodies recovered.
World Weather Attribution scientists said long-term warming, glacier retreat and permafrost thaw created a compound crisis that weakened the slope.
Nepal estimates reconstruction costs at $4.78 billion.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah will address the UN on the disaster.