Our parents were crossing the border an hour before the flood hit
Families of foreign tourists are anxiously awaiting news after a massive flash flood and mudslide struck the Nepal-Tibet border. Over 1,300 people remain missing, including several US citizens who were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
Why it matters
The disaster highlights the vulnerability of remote pilgrimage sites to climate-related geological events and the challenges of international search and rescue operations.
Figure caption, 'We just want them home': Daughters of couple missing after Tibet pilgrimage
Hundreds of foreign nationals are desperately waiting to hear from loved ones thought to be caught in the deadly flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal-Tibet border.
Sisters Shreya and Ashna Ahuja are among those anxiously waiting for some news of their parents, Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, who had travelled from Texas to Mount Kailash on a group pilgrimage.
"It's only been one day, but it has felt like much longer," the sisters tell the BBC. "We just love them a lot and want them to come home." One of the siblings spoke to their parents just before the floods struck.
More than 1,300 people are missing, including tourists from the US, Australia, Canada, India, and the UK. Nepali authorities say more than 380 people have died.
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