RISING DANGER: New flood danger looms as rescue crews look for survivors in Nepal disaster

We are back with a Fox News alert. The. death toll continues to rise along the. Nepal-China border with at least 480. people reported dead and more than 1,500. missing, including 90 Americans, after a. glacier collapse that unleashed a. massive wall of water and mud. Our next. guest is part of Project Hope's. emergency response team on the ground. there in Nepal helping communities. recover from this catastrophic disaster.

Joining us now, the senior director for. global supply and security at Project. Hope, Ahmad Shamari. Sir, thank you uh. so much for joining us this morning and. thank you for being there on the ground. We've all seen this horrendous video. It. almost looks fake. It looks like AI. It's hard to believe the des-. destruction and the satellite images. Uh. how difficult is it to respond given. what you're working with and all the. challenges there on the ground, the. bridges that are missing, the roads that.

are washed out? >> Thank you, Molly. Uh that's exactly our. first thought when we saw the videos and. we made a decision to response. Uh since we arrived like 2 days ago, uh. you know, the access is one of the major. concerns when road uh. and infrastructure are affected. It's a. very difficult to uh to reach the. affected area. We're trying our best to. do the uh. rapid assessment for the most uh uh need.

uh like health need, but uh so far we. were not able to reach uh uh like the. affected area. Uh. uh as you mentioned in your report, uh 2. hours ago or even more than 2 hours ago, uh the government announced another. alert and even said they evacuated some. rescue team. >> Yeah, I mean, this is a beautiful. country. There are people from all over. the world that go there to see the. incredible mountains and the rivers and. some of the factors that made this such. a devastating event. And it's a global. disaster. There are people missing,

Americans of course, but also from all. around the world, India, France, the UK, all missing citizens and looking to. help. How has the global response been? How are you getting the assistance you. need? >> Uh so far like it's I believe it's. only to to. decide of how to get. response. So far we are reaching out to. our donors. We are advocate our response. and definitely we are trying to.

communicate with all our partners to get. some support in terms of. gifting kinds and any other support. So as you you mentioned this is really. wide and global like. as many as more than 27 countries were. missing and that people are not from. these countries. >> What does Project Hope need right now? What are you doing to ensure that you. have all of the assets you need to work. in this very difficult situation?

>> Our like priority is. to make sure that the the health system. assess and we know what the. the gaps the health gaps and what the. humanitarian needs. Definitely we cannot interrupt the. rescue. efforts so all what we can do now to do. the assessment and get ready for the. next step. >> Dr. Jamari Project Hope, uh thank you so. much for being there on the ground and. for keeping us updated. A lot of people.

still thinking about their loved ones. and the whole world thinking about Nepal. and the suffering there. Thank you, sir. >> All right, so we're back with a Fox News. alert. Over 500 people are dead after. the catastrophic flash flood tore. through towns and valleys along the. Nepal-China border destroying over 19. bridges and countless structures. Rescue. teams and military helicopters continue. their search efforts in hopes of. reuniting families as more than 1,400. people are still unaccounted for,

including at least 90 Americans. Now, next guest grew up in Nepal and is now. leading efforts with the crews that are. on the ground to help communities clean. out and repair. Rupa is the All Hands. and Hearts Nepal manager and she joins. us now. Rupa, thanks so much for joining. us. this morning. You experienced something. similar to this in 2025 with the Nepal. earthquakes. I'm sorry, the 2015. earthquake and you say this is way.

worse. >> Yeah, after 2015 earthquake, yeah, I was. I was one of the survivor, I would say. as well. And looking back at the. aftermath of 2015 earthquake and now the. aftermath of this flood, what I want to say is the type of. disaster it just the type of disaster is.

different, but if you see the aftermath, it's devastating. It's something similar to the. devastation that occurred in 2015. >> So, tell me about the people on the ground. Obviously, some of the search. or searches were delayed because of the. condition there. What do people need on the ground? >> So, right now what we can see is that the.

search and rescue team, they're trying. their best rescuing people on the ground. and. here are like people, the survivor, they. are in the holding shelters and there. are like two or three holding shelters. where we are based at and so right now. the need the priority is. keeping them safe and of course the next. priority is to provide them immediate.

emergency relief and right now. our priority has been is we are. assessing the situation in coordination. with local governments in coordination. with other local organization and we are. trying our best to get the. information so that we can reach out to. the people in need with whatever they. are looking for like help. So yeah this. is what it looks like here right now.

>> Rupert just by covering these situations. a lot I wonder do you have the the. amount of helicopters that you need the. the amount of manpower search and rescue. canines on the ground. do is that there currently or do you all. need more of those resources to come out. there to help you? >> Yeah for us our team our one of our dart. team they're already on the ground like. I said they're assessing the situation. and our next team has already left from.

Kathmandu with the emergency supplies. and what. we are looking at this time is. like the help the support from the. people around the world so the support. from the people will help us to reach. out to the families to the household who. are in more challenging area there are. areas where we cannot reach to right now. due to. like no connectivity with roads all the. bridges are washed away so that has been.

a major challenge over here and which is. that. everyone would like to support with this. initiative so that would be very helpful. at this time not just for all hands, but. for all the humanitarian organization, as well as the for local governments who. are on the ground. >> Raj Rubel, thanks so much for joining. the program. You guys are in our. prayers. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. Namaste.

>> Right now, rescue crews are scrambling. to find more than 1,400 people missing. after the catastrophic floods in the. Himalayas. The State Department says. about 90 Americans have been impacted by. those floods, and three have been. rescued. President Trump addressing the. US response just moments ago at the. White House. >> No, and we've called Nepal, and we've offered any help that they. need. You know, have a very good. relationship with Nepal, and. that was a brutal That wasn't just what. That was mud and water. It was a mixture.

nobody's ever seen anything quite like. that where very powerful, strong, you. know, strong, well-built buildings were. were wiped out like they were. toothpicks. That's a terrible thing. Now, we are. sending aid, and we've spoken to the leadership, and. we let them know anything they want. >> Let's bring in Brian Trascher, Vice. President of the Cajun Navy. Brian, thank you for joining us. I think about. people in that community. just grieving for everyone who's missing.

and hoping that they find them. But, explain for us how different this. response, this rescue effort is from. anything we can appreciate here in. America. I mean, the the geography there. is different, the conditions are. different. Walk us through that. >> Yeah, so first of all, the you know, in. addition to trying to save lives and. look for survivors in the immediate. term, the most important thing is comms. A lot of your cell phone towers and. communications infrastructure will get. wiped out in a massive kinetic flood.

wave like we saw in those videos. And. so, you want to try to establish comms. either with Starlink or some other kind. of wireless uh, communications. infrastructure, so that your first. responders can communicate with each. other. Um, and maybe if they can get if. maybe there are people that are trapped. that have access to cell phones, if they. can, uh, piggyback onto some kind of. emergency network and get word out as to. where they are so they can be located, but that's always the first thing is. comms. >> I want to play for you what we heard. from, uh, David Fisher, the head of the delegation.

in Nepal for the Red Cross on the. challenge in front of first responders. in getting into some of these areas. Listen to this. >> We believe that at least 10,000. families, uh, have lost their homes. Entire villages seem to have been. completely swept away. Uh, the force of this water was was. really intense. We've been able to. access some of the affected areas, uh, where there are many, many traumatized. people, but unfortunately some of the. areas can only be reached by helicopter.

>> So, even after the initial response is. over, when you think about 10,000. families losing everything and just the. devastation in that area, what kind of. support is this region going to need and. for how long? >> Well, I heard Mr. Fisher talk about. helicopters and you know, we dealt with. this in western North Carolina after. Hurricane Helene. Helicopters are only. good if you have a landing zone. Um, and. sometimes you can get low enough to. maybe drop some supplies what not. You. can also look at payload drones, drones. that have the ability to carry a few. pounds worth of equipment, they can drop.

it into disaster zones and I'll tell. you, you know, in 2024 we were using. 1824 technology. We had donkeys and. mules going up into the mountains. carrying generators and Starlinks. because we could not get up there with. traditional gas-powered vehicles. So, you really have to think outside of the. box in these type of topographies like. in Nepal and, uh, just kind of pull all. the stops, see what your assets are and, and just go in and try to save lives. >> Speaking of, uh, helicopters, there was. a pilot who was in the air when the. floods hit and witnessed it from above.

Listen to his description here. >> It's devastating. We had never witnessed. anything like that. The captain who was flying with me, he. was in the Nepalese army for about 20. years. So, he's seen the worst of the. worst. He had never seen anything like. that before. So, seeing nature unfold like that, it was really hard for us, you know. We just wanted to get over there, help. people out, and get the other rescuers. there as soon as possible. >> It's hard to imagine witnessing the.

magnitude of something like that at. scale, you know, with with a wide view. of it basically that no one on the. ground is having and uh know what's. coming for all the people in its wake. What kinds of support are people like. that pilot going to need and and the. first responders in the. those helping in the rescue effort. I. mean, this is a traumatic event. >> Yeah, look, in the 9 years I've been. involved with United Cajun Navy, there's. a lot of things I wish I could unsee. Uh. that's one of the reasons why we have a. chaplain, and you know, a faith-based uh.

leader that goes out and not only. provides support to victims and victims'. families, but also to our volunteers and. and people within our leadership who. oftentimes need to just kind of take a. break, um realize the gravity of what. they've just witnessed, realize that, you know, it's going to be okay, you. just kind of have to move on and stick. to the mission. Um but uh for somebody. that's not in search and rescue, uh not. not sure what that pilot's experience or. job mission is, um but yeah, I mean, look, just don't be don't be too proud. to talk to somebody. It uh it helps. And. um you you you've witnessed some a.

catastrophic thing that could give you. post-traumatic stress disorder. You want. to get ahead of it. >> Well, it is um just a devastating scene. to look at, and our our prayers are with. everyone impacted and also those trying. to help right now. Uh Brian Trascher, thank you so much for talking with us. Appreciate it. A race against the clock in the. Himalayas. Nearly 2,000 people now. missing after a wall of water and debris. devastated the Nepal-China border, killing more than 500 people. And with.

even more water threatening to spill. into that valley, rescue teams are. scrambling to try to reach survivors. >> Many are have I've had to find refuge in. schools or government buildings. And there's still areas that are only. accessible by helicopter. And so they're. only getting a very, very minimal relief. support. right now. >> Correspondent Jeff Paul is reporting. live in London. Hello, Jeff. >> Hi Shanna. Well, yeah, the risk of. flooding is so significant right now.

that rescue operations in both Nepal and. Tibet were stopped for several hours to. keep those recovery teams safe. Those. operations have since resumed, but. authorities are on high alert watching. two lakes upstream that could soon. burst. Nepal's disaster management. authority has been very active in. warning people in those low-lying. flood-prone areas when they need to. evacuate. The main concern at the moment. surrounds these two lakes. There's one. in Nepal and one in China that formed. after the deadly floods. Now, if they. don't drain, those lakes could start.

overflowing sending more water. downstream to those areas already hard. hit with mud and debris. That's only. complicating an already tough situation. for those rescue teams out there. Crews. continue to pull survivors from. devastated areas, but with hundreds. still missing that isn't the case for so. many families. >> My wife and son were taken by the flood. My whole village was taken by the flood. Almost all the roads were also swept. away by the flood. All the bridges were.

also gone. >> Now, it was on Wednesday when a glacier. collapsed triggered a powerful landslide. sending a stream of rock, ice, mud, and. debris crashing down through the. Himalayas. The disaster has destroyed. roads and swept away bridges making. recovery efforts extremely difficult. Many rescues have had to use helicopters. just to get survivors to safety. Now, the US Embassy in Nepal confirming it. has delivered its first package of aid. This includes things like food, blankets, mosquito nets, and bedding for.

temporary shelters. Shannon. >> All right, Jeff Paul, thank you very. much for the update. >> Trace. >> Yeah, so we're 2 days on from this. massive massive disaster and it's still. very raw. for for many people. Um and and today we. had a a new scare with the secondary. flood that came through. Uh thank. goodness it seems that it was nowhere. near like Wednesday's event. Um but it has just uh reinforced the. trauma that people feel after having. lost their homes, lost their loved ones. Um.

many are have have had to find refuge in. schools or government buildings. Um and there's still areas that are only. accessible by helicopter. And so they're. only getting a very very minimal uh. relief support uh right now. Um we've. had uh we have volunteers of the Nepal. Red Cross that are been living in all of. these communities. And they have been. working day and night since it uh since. it struck. Um from their headquarters. we've been able to get goods into. Nuwakot, which was also heavily hit.

Uh where people are fairly desperate, but we're particularly worried to about. those people in Rasuwa. >> I I don't know if I'm let me just ask. this question cuz it came to mind. Are. you coordinating with the Chinese? Are. they helping at all here? >> The The Chinese uh government has. offered its support uh to the government. of Nepal. Um they're of course also. facing their own disaster on the other. side of the border. Uh they've had a. number of of of people killed as well as. of communities hit. Um they on In.

addition to the authorities there, the. Chinese Red Cross has has deployed a. really impressive response to that on. that side. But it does seem like that. the most massive impacts have been on. the Nepal side um from from this this. flood. Um I had the chance to visit the. area a couple of months ago and that. that. that canyon is is basically no escape. >> Welcome back. A mounting death toll, a. massive search for survivors after. devastating flash floods in Nepal and.

the border with China. The State. Department says about 90 Americans now. remain unaccounted for. They are. missing. Five Americans have so far made. their way to safety. Foreign. correspondent Jeff Paul reports live. from London where he is tracking all the. details. Hi Jeff. >> Hi Jillian. Well, yeah, the risk of. flooding is so significant right now. that rescue operations in both Nepal and. Tibet were stopped for several hours to. keep recovery teams safe. Those. operations have since resumed, but. authorities are on high alert watching.

two lakes upstream that could soon. burst. Now, Nepal's disaster management. authority has been very active in. warning people in those low-lying. flood-prone areas when they need to. evacuate. The main concern at the moment. surrounds these two lakes. There's one. in Nepal and one in China that formed. after the deadly floods. If they don't. drain, the lakes, well, they could start. overflowing sending more water. downstream to those impacted areas that. are still buried in so much mud and. debris. That's only complicating an. already tough situation for those rescue.

teams out there. Those teams continue to. pull survivors from devastated areas, but with hundreds still missing, that. isn't always the case for so many. families. >> My wife and son were taken by the flood. My whole village was taken by the flood. Almost all the roads were also swept. away by the flood. All the bridges were. also gone. >> It was Wednesday when a glacier collapse. triggered a powerful landslide sending a. stream of rock, ice, mud, and debris. crashing through the Himalayas. The.

disaster has destroyed roads and swept. away bridges making recovery efforts. extremely difficult. Many rescues have. had to use helicopters just to get. survivors to safety. Now, the US Embassy. in Nepal confirming it has delivered its. first package of aid. This includes. things like food, blankets, mosquito. nets, and bedding for temporary. shelters. Jillian? >> All right. Um we'll be tracking that. closely. Uh bring us any updates right. away. Thank you, Jeff. Be sure to like and subscribe for all. the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch.

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