NEW FLOOD THREAT: Nepal rescue operation faces fresh danger

At least 489. people are dead after the catastrophic. flash floods in Nepal. Crew searching. for 1,500 missing people, including. about 90 Americans. >> And there's a new flood threat. complicating those efforts along the. Himalayan border between Nepal and. China. Chanley Painter joins us now with. the very latest on a very difficult. situation, Chanley. >> Yeah, that's right. And with more rain. in the forecast, the situation could get. even more dire with Nepal warning of new. flood risk. Well, overnight a lake.

formed by the landslides began. overflowing upstream, putting at risk. areas devastated by flash floods 2 days. ago, and forcing rescue operations to. stop for about 90 minutes, according to. officials. A witness telling Reuters. that locals were seen rushing up to. higher ground. Those rescue operations. have now resumed since the overflow. stopped.