Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1,000. The death toll from a flash flood that hit northeastern Nepal nearly a week ago continued to rise on Tuesday to more than 1,000, officials said Tuesday. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1,000. Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 people were killed in Tibet, bringing the total toll...S1

• The death toll from a flash flood that hit northeastern Nepal nearly a week ago continued to rise on Tuesday to more than 1,000, officials said Tuesday.S2

• The 26 August disaster began with a chain of events high in the Himalayas. A glacial collapse sent large amounts of rock, ice and meltwater into valleys below, triggering powerful floods downstream.S3

• At least 11, 814 people have been rescued so far, according to Nepalese authorities.S4

• At least 11,814 people have been rescued so far, Nepalese authorities sayS5

• The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passed has 1,000 as rescue teams worked to reach communities cut off by the disaster.S6