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China - Nepal disaster death toll nears 500 as lake overflow threatens rescue work

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Current understanding

Current understanding

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Impact assessment

100/100

Impact assessment

critical human impact

Independent ownership groups report compatible measurable claims.

Score breakdown

What shaped this score

Each dimension is scored separately out of 100.

Loss of life and injury100/100
People affected18/100
Living conditionsNot yet evidenced
Ongoing risk1/100
Duration and relief accessNot yet evidenced
Wider societal impactNot yet evidenced

The strongest evidenced dimension establishes the base score. Separate human-impact dimensions can add a bounded share of the remaining headroom without double-counting the same harm.

The current fatality scale reaches 100 at 100 reported deaths. Since this headline reports 470, the loss component is capped at 100/100; the exact count still breaks ranking ties.

What the reporting supports

  • Reported deaths470 reported deathsSurpasses 470