The border between northern Nepal and southwestern Tibet holds its breath at the possibility of a new flood. Chinese authorities had to temporarily suspend rescue operations this Friday in the Tibetan county of Gyirong after a lake formed upstream by the large landslide began to overflow. The alarm, however, lasted relatively little: Chinese state media reported that the excess flow has stopped and that water levels have dropped slightly, so rescue teams have resumed activity.

Every summer, as the ice recedes on the high mountain passes of the Himalayas, thousands of faithful from all over the world embark on the most extreme and spiritual pilgrimage on the planet: the route to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, in Tibet. Revered as the center of the world by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and the Bön religion, the journey requires overcoming altitudes above 5,000 meters in an unparalleled test of devotion. This year, the peak season of August and September has been shaken by tragedy. A violent flood in northern Nepal, in the Rasuwa district – the gateway to the Tibetan border – has devastated bridges and roads and has so far claimed 250 lives and left over 1,500 missing,' highlighting the extreme risks of a journey that, for many believers, represents the ultimate spiritual experience.

The rainstorm this Saturday afternoon in León has caused two fatalities. The strong storm caused the Oza river to overflow, which caused a flood and a landslide that reached Manzanedo de Valdueza and Bouzas, two municipalities belonging to Ponferrada. According to initial information from emergency teams, the provisional toll is two fatalities and two injured people.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have confirmed that the second body found this Monday in the Mediona stream is the 47-year-old man they were looking for after a sudden flood swept away the vehicle he was in with on Sunday afternoon. his 10-year-old son, the corpse The family car they were traveling in was swept away by the rising water level of the Mediona stream due to the storm that affected much of the country. Around six in the evening, the vehicle was seen traveling along a road towards the Monterrey housing estate in the same municipality and they were surprised by the rising water of the stream, which swept the car with the father and son inside. "It's the stream that grandmothers always say we watch out for when we pass," explains one of the residents of Sant Quintí, who also admits that normally everyone passes through without fear because it's almost always dry or with less than a foot of water. The problem is that, as the firefighters have explained, at that time and due to the downpours, the stream was up to three meters deep. That amount of water, combined with the virulence—the water level reached 60 cubic meters per second—also led firefighters to find the minor's body yesterday 6 km from where they had found the car he was traveling in.