Overview

• Authorities report more than 60 confirmed deaths after late-season rains triggered floods and landslides in Nepal and India, with additional people missing.
• Ilam district in eastern Nepal was hardest hit, where officials say at least 37 people died in overnight landslides.
• Kathmandu-area rivers overflowed and key roads and bridges were damaged; flights were briefly halted before operations at the capital’s airport resumed.
• Nepal’s transitional leader Sushila Karki announced two public holidays, urged residents to avoid nonessential travel and said rescue and relief teams are mobilized.
• On the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, Chinese state media say roughly 1,000 people are isolated in high camps with tents damaged and access roads buried, some evacuees reached safety and reports of casualties remain unverified.