Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the country needs foreign help in specialized and technical areas where it lacks expertise after this week's devastating flood along its Himalayan border with China, but not in search and rescue. A glacier collapse on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) unleashed a torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems, killing nearly 600 people in Nepal and China's Tibet, with more than 2,000 still unaccounted for. Khanal said Kathmandu needs foreign assistance in areas such as rescuing people trapped in tunnels, restoring transport and communication in places where bridges were destroyed, identifying dead bodies, DNA testing and body storage.