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Video shows a lorry being swept away by raging floodwaters in Rodriguez as torrential rains batter the Philippines.

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More than 3,000 people missing after glacier collapse unleashes destruction in Himalayas.

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A young girl is pulled alive from the rubble as rescuers search for survivors and families for missing loved ones.

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Rajendra Dawadi leapt into action after receiving warnings over waters heading towards his school.

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Residents in Dhading, Nepal devastated by flooding say they believe more bodies remain buried beneath thick mud.

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A look back at some of the week's key news stories and the most striking images: a devastating flood tears through Nepal and Tibet, the death of global icon Dolly Parton, a tornado devastates a village in southern France and the Humanoid Robot World Games in China offers a peek at the future.

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Four days have passed since catastrophic floods killed more than 750 people. More than 3,000 people are still missing, and hopes of finding survivors are fading. The situation remains concerning, with more heavy rain and flooding expected across the region. France 24 correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah brings us the latest.

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Also 2,752 people have been injured or rescued

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A vital highway weakened by Nepal’s floodwaters has collapsed four days after the catastrophic glacial outburst.

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Nepalese authorities announced on Sunday that the provisional death toll from the devastating floods had risen to more than 730, with nearly 2,500 people still missing. Among the thousands of people missing is the husband of a 22-year-old woman, who is still waiting for him to return. Like tens of thousands of Nepalese people in recent days, she went to one of the country’s medical centres to find out whether her husband was among those whose bodies had been recovered in recent days. Caitlin Brown reports.

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Nepal warns of more flooding as the death toll rises to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing in the region.

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Over 3,000 people remain missing days after a glacier collapse triggered devastating floods near China-Nepal border.

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Updates from the final day of this Championship round Day three roundup | Sign up for The Spin | Mail Tanya Still showery everywhere except the southeast. The Met office says: Outbreaks of rain affect parts of Scotland and northern England at first. A band of heavy, showery rain then spreads eastwards, with blustery showers and thunderstorms developing more widely during the afternoon. Southeast England stays mostly dry. Blustery at times. Rain rudely i nterrupted the County Championship on bank holiday Saturday but there was evening controversy at Chester-le-Street. Kasey Aldridge had bowled Durham to almost-victory with four for 47, giving him nine wickets in the match, leaving his side four to win. But with the floodlights on and filthy skies, Gloucestershire refused to bowl spin and the umpires said it was too dark for pace. Continue reading...

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Flood warning notifications were issued to people's phones throughout Sunday morning as rescue workers tried to evacuate a main route connecting Kathmandu to one of the places most severely affected by Wednesday's devastating floods.

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Aerial video shows devastation in flood-hit Nepal

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As the waters of the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers recede, leaving behind mud, debris and damaged infrastructure, a familiar pattern is visible in Nepal. When disaster strikes, the country’s usual political divisions, cronyism and institutional mistrust give way, for a while, to real unity. Across party lines, political leaders worked around the clock alongside security forces. Digital channels opened for the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, a “one-door policy” was enforced to prevent...

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Nepali army joins flood rescue efforts at hydroelectric facilities where workers are believed to be trapped in tunnels.

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Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of hydropower workers trapped in flooded tunnels, but have been hampered by further rainfall.

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At least 750 people have died and more than 3,000 remain missing after devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet near the Chinese border, local authorities said Sunday. Rescue efforts are entering a fifth day, with thousands rescued but hundreds of foreign nationals and hydropower workers still unaccounted for. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

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The Chinese authorities said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing after last week’s deadly floods along the border between Tibet and Nepal. The Tibetan authorities said that the missing foreigners were from 23 different countries and included 104 Nepalese citizens. They also included 49 from India; 33 Latvians; 18 from the United States; 15 from Britain; six each from Canada and Australia; four from South Africa; three each from Malaysia, Germany and Russia; two from Ireland,...

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Nearly 2,500 people remain missing

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The outbreak, now the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the country, has spread to 60 health zones across six provinces: Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo.

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Preliminary data indicate that an avalanche at the Chinese border triggered the flooding, about 20 km northeast of the Rasuwagadhi border crossing

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Footage shows a house surrounded by raging floodwaters at the Nepal-Tibet border, with people trapped on rooftops.

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Anger grows in Nepal as flood survivors accuse the government of delays in delivering aid and finding missing relatives.

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Rescuers in Nepal and China on Saturday continued to search for the nearly 3,000 people missing after devastating flooding along the border with China engulfed entire villages earlier this week. At least 682 bodies were recovered in both countries, including 675 in Nepal and seven in China.

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Nepali army rescuers broke through to a hydropower tunnel on Saturday and began pumping air and sending a camera inside, raising hopes of reaching workers trapped since devastating floods struck the site three days earlier. Nepal’s government says more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects, with rescue efforts focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites. Those trapped are among 933 hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept down on...

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Nearly 3,000 people remained missing on Saturday, while 682 deaths had been confirmed after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescue operations remain risky as a lake formed upstream by the floods threatens to burst its banks. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports.

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On Friday, Nepal's tourism board put the number of tourists still "out of communication" at 622 - 473 of which were foreign tourists.

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Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke