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Rescue personnel carry a person affected by flash floods at Devghat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26.
(Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
- Rescue teams are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after a catastrophic torrent of floods and mud ripped through several communities yesterday, following a glacier collapse.
- At least 273 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.
- On the Nepalese side, at least 270 are dead with 826 missing. In Tibet, three are dead and 558 are missing.
Authorities say a wall of ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river yesterday, triggering a catastrophic flash flood.
While it is not clear exactly what set off the sudden event, early reports from Nepalese officials suggest an earthquake in the area could have caused the lower part of a glacier to collapse and cause flooding.
The U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake with a magnitude initially reported as 4.4 was in fact seismic energy generated by the collapse of glacial rock and ice, followed by debris flow.
With files from Reuters
More than 270 dead and hundreds remain missing
Rescuers use an excavator to transport a flood survivor following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 26. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images)
Good morning. Rescuers are still searching for survivors in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides along the Nepal-Tibet border today as more than a thousand people are missing after catastrophic floods.
Local police say at least 273 are dead, with the death toll expected to rise, as authorities work to recover dozens of bodies swept down into the plains.
Follow along here throughout the day for live updates.
With files from Reuters
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