Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 356
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Sam Jones, Kate La from World news | The Guardian on (#77ZDV)
Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
Rescuers are searching for nearly 1,400 people, most of them tourists, who are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, thundering down valleys, obliterating entire villages and killing at least 356 people.
Efforts to locate those missing - including hundreds of people from India, the US, UK, Australia and Canada - have been complicated by the destruction of dozens of bridges and almost 25 miles (40km) of roads in the mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims.
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