Almost 1,500 missing after Himalayan floods devastate Nepal, Tibet
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Nearly 1,500 people, including at least 800 foreigners, are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet, authorities said on Thursday, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys.
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Nearly 1,500 people, including at least 800 foreigners, are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet, authorities said on Thursday, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys.
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