{"id":4246,"date":"2026-08-27T18:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4246"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:05:57","slug":"catastrophic-floods-kill-over-360-in-nepal-and-tibet-with-more-than-1400-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4246","title":{"rendered":"Catastrophic floods kill over 360 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SHRISTI KAFLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) \u2014 Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for\u00a0hundreds of missing people\u00a0along the Nepal-China border, where\u00a0a deadly torrent\u00a0of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.<\/p>

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Videos of the disaster\u00a0showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 360 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,300 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n

The steep slopes and lush valleys below the Himalayan mountain range \u2014 home to many of\u00a0the world\u2019s highest peaks\u00a0and remaining glaciers \u2014 are especially vulnerable to\u00a0flooding and landslides. Melting glaciers have become more common because of\u00a0human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n

Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in Nepal\u2019s hard-hit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Riverbanks and village streets were covered in mud. Debris hung from tree branches and wires. Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.<\/p>\n

Before-and-after images aired by state broadcaster China Central Television showed a multistory building and more than a dozen vehicles covered in mud. A two-lane road running along a river in a valley in Tibet\u2019s Shigatse prefecture was completely buried. Aerial footage also showed that a lake had formed and expanded on the China-Nepal border.<\/p>\n

Nirajan Paudyal, a journalist based in Nepal\u2019s capital of Kathmandu, worried for his parents and other relatives in the district\u2019s village of Soley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fear there won\u2019t be any update,\u201d Paudyal said.<\/p>

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