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Nepal flash floods latest: Death toll hits 160 with more than 1,000 missing including UK, US and Canadian tourists
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China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported foreigners were among 550 missing in the Tibet region’s Gyirong County near the border, and at least three dead, bringing the death toll up to 160 in total. Officials in Nepal earlier said 403 people, including 341 foreigners, were reported missing.
The Nepal Tourist Board said the number of missing people had risen from 384 to 403. Officials issued warnings to residents of several of Nepal’s districts and asked them to stay away from the banks of rivers Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in Officials issued warnings to residents of several of Nepal’s districts and asked them to stay away from the banks of rivers From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.
China's official Xinhua news agency said the mudslide hit the Gyirong port, cutting roads, communications and power links in the border region of Shigatse. They were planning to enter Tibet and go to Mount Kailash and (Lake) Manasarovar, which is one of the holiest landmarks on earth, he said.
"Another survivor said he saved himself by clinging to a mango tree as he watched the house where he had been working disappear. Pandey said he had flown over the flood zone by helicopter and believed there was only a "1% chance" of survival.
Experts said an avalanche from a glacier was the likely cause in the warming Himalaya region. But she was swept away by the mud," the 68-year-old survivor said.
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- Officials issued warnings to residents of several of Nepal’s districts and asked them to stay away from the banks of rivers Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged…
- China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported foreigners were among 550 missing in the Tibet region’s Gyirong County near the border, and at least three dead, bringing the death toll up to 160 in total.
- The Nepal Tourist Board said the number of missing people had risen from 384 to 403.
- Experts said an avalanche from a glacier was the likely cause in the warming Himalaya region.
- Officials in Nepal earlier said 403 people, including 341 foreigners, were reported missing.
- They were planning to enter Tibet and go to Mount Kailash and (Lake) Manasarovar, which is one of the holiest landmarks on earth, he said.
- Pandey said he had flown over the flood zone by helicopter and believed there was only a "1% chance" of survival.
- China's official Xinhua news agency said the mudslide hit the Gyirong port, cutting roads, communications and power links in the border region of Shigatse.
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