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Follow live updates as rescuers search for hundreds of people missing after a catastrophic flood hit the border between Nepal and China’s Tibet region.
At least 353 people are dead and more than 1,300 others are missing, including 25 Canadians, according to the Nepal Tourism Board. The affected area is popular with hikers and is also a route used by those on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in neighbouring Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus.
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Follow live updates as rescue teams search for survivors of catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and China, where 90 Americans are among hundreds of people unaccounted for.
Videos of the disaster, which tore through the border area between Tibet and Nepal, have been removed from social media by China’s censors.
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Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept away
In a still-unfolding disaster, verified videos showed dozens of people swept away at the border, with authorities on both sides fearing far higher casualties and massive destruction.
Risks of renewed flooding, heavy rain and roads covered in mud are complicating the search for hundreds of people missing in Tibet, two days after a
Floods and mudslides have swept away houses and roads with many hundreds missing