Catastrophic floods kill over 360 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.Videos of the disaster showed 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 1,400 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.The steep slopes and lush valleys below the Himalayan mountain range — home to many of the world’s highest peaks and remaining glaciers — are especially vulnerable to flooding and landslides.

Melting glaciers have become more common because of human-caused climate change.Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in Nepal’s 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.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's Shigatse prefecture was completely buried. Aerial footage also showed that a lake had formed and expanded on the China-Nepal border.Nirajan Paudyal, a journalist based in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, worried for his parents and other relatives in the district's village of Soley.“I fear there won’t be any update,” Paudyal said.Helicopters deployed for rescue because of damaged roadsThe disaster has left at least 910 people missing in Nepal.

Authorities in Tibet, an autonomous region of China, reported at least three dead and 558 missing.Nepalese officials said that dozens of bridges were destroyed and nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) of roads were damaged, complicating search efforts.The Nepalese army has rescued more than 100 people by helicopter, army spokesperson Brig. Army teams also evacuated people trapped inside facilities linked to the Trishuli hydropower project, he added.Dozens of injured people were transported to Kathmandu for medical care.Rescuers found bodies in C… DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges.

More than 350 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,300 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud.Nirajan Paudyal, a journalist based in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, worried for his parents and other relatives in the district's village of Soley.“I fear there won’t be any update,” Paudyal said.Helicopters deployed for rescue because of damaged roadsThe disaster has left at least 826 people missing in Nepal. He said that around 1,200 people were displaced from at least three villages.In Tibet, a mudslide that struck Wednesday near the land border crossing of Gyiro…