Nepal recovering from impact of flash floods

Learning English from the News

2026-09-02

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(Photo by Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The story More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week’s flash floods on the border of Nepal and Tibet, according to Nepal’s disaster agency. Almost 4,000 people are still missing. Rescuers are trying to reach hundreds of workers who have been trapped in a large network of tunnels at hydropower sites. Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Monday that 279 people had been rescued from the sites. A key cause of the deadly floods is thought to be a glacier collapse in the Himalayas. A glacier is a large area of dense ice. News headlines  Seven days after the disaster caused by the flash floods in Nepal, it's 'clearly not over' Sky News What triggered Nepal flash floods? And why are experts worried a second flood is ‘imminent’? The Independent Flood-hit Nepal unsure how to rebuild with landscape wiped out Bloomberg Key words and phrases not over not finished trigger cause something to start wipe out completely destroy, often in a sudden way Next If you find learning English from the news useful, find more programmes here.  Learn English to talk about climate and the weather here: Find all our latest programmes. Try this: El Niño: What to expect Explore our Environment and climate topic page.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, devastating flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border with a death toll of more than 1,000 people.

  • Hello, I'm Phil.

  • And I'm Georgie.

  • In this programme, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode

  • as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So, let's hear more about this story.

  • More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's flash floods

  • on the border of Nepal and Tibet, according to Nepal's disaster agency.

  • Almost 4,000 people are still missing.

  • Rescuers are trying to reach hundreds of workers who've been trapped in a large network of tunnels at hydropower sites.

  • Nepalese Prime Minister Belendra Shah said on Monday that 279 people had been rescued from the sites.

  • A key cause of the deadly floods is thought to be a glacier collapse in the Himalayas.

  • A glacier is a large area of dense ice.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This one is from Sky News, an international news organisation.

  • Seven days after the disaster caused by the flash floods in Nepal, it's clearly not over.

  • That headline again from Sky News, an international news organisation.

  • Seven days after the disaster caused by the flash floods in Nepal, it's clearly not over.