Nepal-Tibet border flash floods and mudslide disaster
A catastrophic ice-and-rock avalanche triggers flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing multiple people, leaving hundreds of tourists missing, and prompting emergency rescue operations by Nepal, China and India.
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An ice-and-rock avalanche triggers catastrophic flash floods along Nepal's Bhotekoshi river, killing at least eight people and leaving about 384 tourists unaccounted for.
10 sources on this →Rescue teams from India and China aid Nepal's hard-hit Rasuwa district as flooding damages villages, roads and hydropower infrastructure.
10 sources on this →A related mudslide near Gyirong Port in Tibet on the China-Nepal border causes major casualties and cuts off roads, communications and power.
6 sources on this →Chinese President Xi Jinping orders urgent search-and-rescue efforts and relocation of at-risk residents to prevent secondary disasters.
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