Monday briefing: Nepal and Tibet’s floods are a warning for the future

Rescue workers in Nepal and Tibet spent the weekend racing to find survivors after catastrophic flash floods tore through the region, sweeping away homes, snapping bridges, and burying entire villages under mud and debris. The Guardian reports the death toll has reached nine hundred three, with more than four thousand people still missing — some survivors are stranded atop buildings rescuers can't reach, others trapped in tunnels underground. In one town, a headteacher evacuated nine hundred children from a school just moments before the flood struck. The disaster is emerging as a stark warning about the climate risks facing the region, and the world.

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