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341 foreign tourists missing after flash flood kills at least 95 on Nepal-Tibet border

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A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side. A powerful flood triggered by a massive collapse of mud, rock and debris along the Nepal-China border has killed at least 95 people and left hundreds missing, as rescue crews race to locate survivors in one of the region’s worst natural disasters in recent years. Authorities in Nepal said the death toll is expected to climb as search efforts continue across remote mountain communities, Reuters reported.

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah urged the Himalayan nation to stand united after devastating flood on Wednesday killed at least 95 people. A wall of ‌mud and rock appeared to collapse into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that has killed dozens of people and left hundreds of tourists missing.

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