WorldPingAs deadly floods hit the Nepal-China border, social media is being flooded with fake and misleading footage.
This is a short WorldPing brief. The full report was published by France 24.
Read the full report at France 24In Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border. Censors erased viral footage while Chinese state media flooded platforms with official content.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deutsche Welle
WorldPingRescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
China rejects claims linking its massive hydropower projects in Tibet to the August 26 flash flood disaster in Nepal, calling them “malicious speculation”…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingFog of flood: Nepal’s disaster raises a Himalayan question for China — full report at Times of India.
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Residents in Nepal are returning to flood-ravaged homes, sifting through mud and debris to salvage whatever they can.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingAs of August 30, Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing.Chinese state media said 261 of the missing were foreigners, including over 100 Nepalis…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
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