Deadly flash floods along the Nepal-China border leave over 2,000 people missing.
Catastrophic flash floods struck the Nepal-China border region, sweeping away buildings including a hotel housing American tourists. Over 2,000 people remain missing, including approximately 90 Americans, while rescue operations continue. Survivors and families of the missing have shared accounts of escape and ongoing search efforts.
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Divergence score
15 outlets covered it, splitting into 15 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
15 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 15 outlets placed this story
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South China Morning Post
CBS News
Reuters
CNN
ABC News
NY Post
The Hill
Daily Wire
BBC
PBS NewsHour
Washington Times
Deutsche Welle
Fox News
Globe and Mail
Al Jazeera
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
CNN
Son of US couple who narrowly escaped Nepal flood says he's 'grateful for the miracle'
American couple's miraculous escape · positive
Daily Wire
Dozens Of Americans Still Missing As Flood Death Toll Nears 1,000
American victims urgency · negative
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- CNN+6.9 h
- ABC News+13.7 h
- CBS News+14.8 h
- South China Morning Post+19.0 h
- NY Post+56.0 h
- The Hill+63.0 h
- Daily Wire+71.4 h
- BBC+78.5 h
- PBS NewsHour+108.4 h
- Washington Times+128.1 h
- Deutsche Welle+164.7 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Coverage now emphasizes identification crisis and missing persons vastly exceeding confirmed deaths, with Fox News highlighting American citizens unaccounted for, Globe and Mail documenting Nepal's struggle to identify thousands of bodies, and Al Jazeera centering survivors' personal loss and erasure of place, shifting focus from rescue to the human and administrative aftermath.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
THE LEFT
“'It stood like a serpent': American who survived deadly flood tells her story”ABC ABC News LEFT-CENTER
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THE RIGHT
“5 questions about Nepal's deadly floods and ongoing search efforts”WT Washington Times RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Mother reunited with 8-year-old who climbed trees to survive Nepal floods” · South China Morning Post, Reuters, The Hill, BBC, PBS NewsHour, Deutsche Welle, Globe and Mail, Al Jazeera
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LEFT-CENTER2
CBSCBS News California couple recounts surviving deadly Nepal flood: "I knew I was going to die" - CBS News 60d ago ABCABC News 'It stood like a serpent': American who survived deadly flood tells her story 60d ago CENTER3
RReuters Mother reunited with 8-year-old who climbed trees to survive Nepal floods 60d ago HThe Hill State Department official says about 85 Americans still missing after Nepal flash flooding 58d ago PBSPBS NewsHour Families desperately search for loved ones swept away in Nepal floods - PBS 56d ago RIGHT4
NYPNY Post Nine Americans rescued, 85 still missing in Nepal floods 58d ago DWDaily Wire Dozens Of Americans Still Missing As Flood Death Toll Nears 1,000 57d ago WTWashington Times 5 questions about Nepal's deadly floods and ongoing search efforts 55d ago FOXFox News 70 Americans still unaccounted for after catastrophic Nepal flooding 49d ago INTERNATIONAL5
SCSouth China Morning Post US families hold out hope for relatives lost in Nepal floods 60d ago BBCBBC 'I haven't lost my hope' - the search for missing loved ones 57d ago DWDeutsche Welle Nepal: Two pulled alive from tunnel nine days after floods 53d ago GMGlobe and Mail Thousands still missing and most recovered bodies unidentified weeks after Nepal flood 41d ago AJAl Jazeera Photos: Nepal flood survivors find little trace of former lives 37d ago 5 tracked claims across 15 outlets
Fact ledger
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Over 2,000 people are missing in the disaster.
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