Nepal-Tibet floods kill at least 273, with more than 1,300 missing
A massive flood caused by a glacier collapse in the Himalayas has killed at least 390 people in Nepal and Tibet, with over 1,400 still missing. Rescue operations are underway as authorities warn of further risks from expanding glacial lakes.
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The disaster highlights the increasing vulnerability of Himalayan communities to climate-driven glacial instability.
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DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.
Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.
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