Rescuers search Nepal-Tibet border after flash floods kill hundreds
A flood triggered by a glacial collapse has left hundreds dead and many more missing in a mountainous area on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Rescue teams are searching the Nepal-Tibet border region after flash floods swept through mountain valleys this week, killing at least 356 people and leaving nearly 1,400 missing, according to reports from the area. The disaster struck a route used by trekkers and pilgrims.
Scientists cited by Al Jazeera said the flooding was likely set off by a collapse involving ice and rock near the Nepal-China frontier. The surge tore through settlements and washed away entire villages in the remote region.
Search efforts have been slowed by damage to transport links, with dozens of bridges destroyed and about 40 kilometres of road cut off, the Guardian reported. Among those unaccounted for are people from India, the United States, Britain, Australia and Canada.
BBC footage showed people being pulled from mud as crews tried to reach the worst-hit areas. The death toll and missing-person count may change as access improves and more information comes in from the border zone.
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