00:00A glacial lake formed by debris from a collapse that triggered deadly flooding along the China-Nepal border has begun
00:07overflowing, forcing rescuers to halt operations as authorities warn of a possible breach.
00:13Chinese authorities said on Friday the lake had accumulated more than 2.5 million cubic meters of water, up from
00:22an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million cubic meters recorded a day earlier by an eight-member engineering team
00:30monitoring the site.
00:31China has been scrambling to reduce the risk of further flooding at the disaster-hit border crossing linking Tibet with
00:38Nepal after flash floods on Wednesday killed hundreds of people.
00:42Authorities warned on Thursday that up to 3 million cubic meters of additional water, equivalent to about 1,200 Olympic
00:50-sized swimming pools, could enter the still-damned lake over the next three days, with peak flow expected around September
00:581.
00:59The rising water has heightened fears of a breach that could unleash another devastating flood downstream.
01:05Officials said nearly 1,000 people remain missing on both sides of the border, including up to 540 foreign nationals
01:13from 31 countries.
01:16進入被掩埋區域展開搜尋。
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