One month after a catastrophic flash flood swept through a Himalayan river valley, a Suwanee couple is safely back home. The people they were traveling with are not. Mita and Hemant Parikh were part of a group of 47 people on a long-planned spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet. Nearly a month after the […]
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One month after a catastrophic flash flood swept through a Himalayan river valley, a Suwanee couple is safely back home. The people they were traveling with are not. Mita and Hemant Parikh were part of a group of 47 people on a long-planned spiritual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet. Nearly a month after the […]
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The death toll from the catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal has surpassed 1,000, authorities said, as the search continues for the thousands still missing. Ramy Inocencio has the latest. Hundreds of Nepal flood survivors trapped near hydroelectric plant #Hundreds #Nepal #flood #survivors #trapped #hydroelectric #plant
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Nepal flood rescue recovery efforts keep hope alive for some, but not all, as 4,200 people remain missing
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Kathmandu, Nepal — Five days after a rocky mountainside and the glacier it supported collapsed near Nepal’s border with Tibet, unleashing torrents of flash floodwater, mud and debris on the valleys below that swept away everything in their path, rescuers were still searching Monday for reasons to hope. Over the weekend, a 6-year-old girl was miraculously […]
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Flash flooding crashed through the border of Nepal and Tibet after a Himalayan glacier collapsed, killing more than 600 people. Rescue crews race against time to find any survivors out of the estimated 2,500 people believed to be missing. Desperate search for survivors in Nepal amid fears of a second flood #Desperate #search #survivors #Nepal […]
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Nepal flood death toll surpasses 600, with more than 3,000 missing, as poor weather hampers rescues
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The death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in Nepal and along the border with China has risen above 600, with around 3,000 people still missing, as rescue operations entered their fourth day. Poor weather is currently hampering aerial rescue operations for the workers and military personnel who have been working around the clock since […]
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A couple from the San Francisco Bay Area who were on a pilgrimage to Tibet told CBS News on Friday that they thought they were going to die when they saw a mountain of water coming toward them earlier this week. “I knew I was going to die,” Anjana Raja told CBS News. “I knew […]
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Family of Virginia man last heard from at Nepal-Tibet border just before flood hit desperate for info
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Anil Goel was among about 10 U.S. nationals at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal’s border with Tibet Wednesday morning just before a torrent of mud and floodwater swept away the facility and everything around it. On Friday, the 67-year-old Northern Virginia resident and former World Bank employee’s family was still desperate for information on […]
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Kathmandu, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods killed more than 470 people and left more than 1,500 missing. Nepal authorities said the death toll there rose to 469, injured people were taken […]
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Kathmandu, Nepal — Authorities temporary stopped rescue efforts Friday due to fears that a newly formed, overflowing lake could trigger further flooding in areas devastated by a catastrophic flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China. Rescuers had been working through mud and debris, looking for hundreds of people still missing as the disaster’s […]
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