Nepal and Tibet Floods: Combined Death Toll Reaches 676, Nearly 3,000 Missing Including 90
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Nepali authorities said Saturday that the combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet was 676 and nearly 3,000 people missing, among them around 90 Americans. Many of the missing were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.
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Washington Times CultureMany of the missing were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others.
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Long Island man described as ‘life of the party’ Another American who is missing is 72-year-old Jitendra Patel, a Long Island resident who was with a tour group on a Hindu pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, according to his son, Sunny Patel. Jitendra last called Wednesday morning local time on WhatsApp to say that he had crossed the border into Tibet.
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NewsweekAmericans Among The Missing Their story comes as social media posts from loved ones appealed for people to provide updates about Americans they had lost contact with. Among them was Jitendra Patel, 72, of Long Island, New York, whose son Sunny Patel had last heard from him just after he crossed the border into Tibet on Wednesday, 45 minutes before the flash flooding started.
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Ohio man missing Among those on a guided tour was Venus Rajnikant Patel, a 45-year-old Indian-born U.S. citizen who recently moved from St. Louis to Cincinnati to help his family.
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NewsweekAnother American missing is Venus Rajnikant Patel, a 45-year-old Indian-born U.S. citizen who recently moved from St. Louis to Cincinnati. His family and friends last heard from him a few hours before the floods.
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Patel’s friend Jolene Gosha told the Associated Press family and friends were devastated when they realized his hotel hit by the floods, adding “we’re just hoping, hoping that by some chance he was able to climb his way out of it.”
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Washington Times CulturePatel’s friend Jolene Gosha said she and her friends knew Patel was in Nepal and were devastated when they realized his hotel was right along the border where the floods swept through.
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01 Newsweek A couple from San Francisco have described how they feared for their lives during flash flooding on the border between Nepal and Tibet that has killed at least 600 people, and left over 3,000 missing.
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02 Washington Times Culture McMINNVILLE, Tenn — U.S. officials said about 90 U.S. citizens remained unaccounted for Thursday, a day after catastrophic flash floods engulfed a border area of China and Nepal, killing hundreds of people. A spiritual organization said that 22 Americans associated with it were unaccounted for.
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03 The Guardian Culture I was naked in our tent at Burning Man last year when all hell broke loose. The 100km/h (62mph) gust wrenched our tent stakes from the ground – and me from my nap.
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