Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathm from World news | The Guardian on (#77ZW9)
Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept away
The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake formed at the site where the deadly torrents occurred was rising and at risk of bursting.
The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and obliterating entire villages, killed at least 359 people and left more than 1,300 missing.
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