A frantic search is underway for the more than 1,300 people believed missing — including at least 700 foreigners.

After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defenses at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s “cascade of hazards” overwhelmed them.

The dramatic footage was almost impossible to miss. A torrent of water tearing through Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away all in its path as hundreds of people fled for their lives.

• Death toll climbs: More than 600 people have been killed in Nepal, according to police, after catastrophic flooding at its border area with China. Around 2,500 people are missing in both countries, including dozens of Americans and other foreign nationals.

Human rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is ‘far higher’ than Beijing admits

Over 3,000 people remain missing days after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods near China-Nepal border.

Floodwaters swept away villages near the border between Nepal and the Tibet region of China, on Wednesday, leaving at least 160 people dead and hundreds missing across a 40-mile path of destruction. An initial assessment of satellite imagery indicates that a collapsing glacier may have caused the flooding. The death toll is expected to rise.

A devastating flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal-China border has triggered a major dispute over early warnings, glacier monitoring and the possible role of infrastructure.rnrnChina’s Embassy in Kathmandu has rejected allegations that Beijing failed to provide Nepal with timely warnings or that a dam or geological structure on the Chinese side triggered the disaster,