Wilson, Young double up to send Aces past Tempo 93-73 in first game without Smith

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A'ja Wilson had 27 points and eight rebounds, Jackie Young scored 23 points, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Toronto Tempo 93-73 on Friday night.

Young also had eight assists with no turnovers. Chelsea Gray added 11 points. It was the Aces' first game without NaLyssa Smith, who was lost for the remainder of the season after suffering a left leg injury in Sunday's 88-78 win over Toronto.

Isabelle Harrison scored 15 points for Toronto (11-28), Laura Juskaite 14, Kia Nurse 12 and Kiki Rice and reserve Kiana Williams 10 apiece.

With Friday's win, the Aces (27-13) maintained their one-game lead for third place in the WNBA playoff race ahead of Indiana (26-14), which beat Connecticut 111-91.

Young's 3-pointer broke a tie at eight and Las Vegas led for the remainder of the game.

The Aces finished the first quarter ahead 27-17, shooting 10 for 20 including 6 of 12 from 3-point range. Toronto committed nine turnovers in the first.

Las Vegas maintained its hot shooting into the second and built a 56-39 halftime lead.

Though cooling from beyond the arc in the quarter (1 for 6), Las Vegas still finished at a 50% shooting clip (18 for 36). Toronto committed 12 personal fouls in the first half and the Aces made them pay by shooting 13 for 14 from the foul line.

See AP’s full WNBA coverage here

Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) celebrates after a play against the Toronto Tempo during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young (0) drives against Toronto Tempo guard Kiki Rice (1) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas Aces guard Mai Yamamoto (18) drives against Toronto Tempo forward Teonni Key (7) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) shoots over Toronto Tempo guard Ornella Bankole (33) during the second half of a WNBA basketball game Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s disaster agency said Saturday the country’s death toll from the flash floods had risen to 626, with 2,426 people missing, as search-and-rescue efforts along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day.

The agency’s previous figures were 579 dead and 1,924 missing.

China has separately reported seven deaths and 554 people missing in Tibet.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day.

Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster, which killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing. Some survivors have been pulled from the mud, while crews continue searching several locations for those still missing.

But Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, a Nepali Army spokesperson, said Saturday that helicopter operations were on hold until weather conditions improved.

Search and rescue efforts continued at several locations in Nepal and China’s Tibet, including the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the severely damaged Gyirong border crossing on the Chinese side.

Nepali Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said rescue efforts would continue at the hydropower construction site, where authorities believe more than 100 people are trapped in a tunnel filled with thick mud.

Basnet said rescuers had used baskets and ropes to reach some people, but the operation remained difficult because of 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) of mud and the limited number of places where helicopters could land.

He said rescue teams had also been forced to relocate temporarily when authorities issued warnings about possible further flooding.

Rescuers have been on high alert for more flooding from a new lake that formed high up in the Himalayan mountains after the initial floods Wednesday. Experts warned that the lake, created after a glacier collapse that triggered the floods, was starting to overflow.

Monitoring data from the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources showed late Friday that the lake had dwindled in size. The water level dropped by 10 meters (32 feet) from the high point on Thursday morning, Chinese broadcaster CCTV said.

Aid trucks could be seen traveling from Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, toward the affected areas.

In Nuwakot, one of the Nepali districts devastated by the floods, people waited anxiously Saturday for word about missing loved ones.

At a relief center, military personnel taped sheets of paper listing dozens of missing people to a wall, prompting families to crowd around and search for their relatives.

Some scanned the lists, took photos and wiped away tears as they looked through the names.

The broadcaster was showing Saturday images of rescuers getting to Gyirong Port, the hard-hit border crossing with Nepal. Some reached the area by foot and via rafts. Some were dropped down from drones flown to the area. “Anyone, anyone?” rescuers yelled, according to footage by the broadcaster.

It was not immediately known how many people were at the border checkpoint building when the floods hit.

The floods have killed 579 in Nepal, the country's disaster-management authority said Friday. Nepali police later put the number of deaths at 553. There was little information on survivors on the Chinese side, where the death toll rose to seven Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders’ efforts to direct the relief response.

More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far. Meanwhile, the number of people who were unaccounted for in the country nearly doubled to 1,924 as more local residents were added to the tally. China's state media said 554 people were missing on the Chinese side. Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak.

Milko reported from Nuwakot, Nepal. Associated Press journalists Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sibi Arasu in Bengaluru, India; Upendra Mansingh in Nuwakot district, Nepal; Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India; and Didi Tang in Washington contributed to this report.

A woman walks through mud and debris left behind by flash flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Residents return to their houses to assess the damage following flash flooding in Nuwakot district in Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A flash flood survivor uses his phone at a school converted into a makeshift shelter in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A flash flood survivor is taken to a medical camp in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Kanchi Nepali, a flash flood survivor, waits to receive relief supplies in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Workers clear debris in the aftermath of a flash flood in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Residents salvage their belongings from damaged houses after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)