Nepal Disaster: Massive Rescue Efforts Underway as Flooding Claims Lives and Disappears 1,
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Dramatic Rescue Efforts Underway in Nepal Footage released by Nepal's government shows a dramatic rescue efforts amidst mud-encrusted terrain near a tunnel. Catastrophic flooding triggered by the collapse of a glacier and underlying bedrock in the Himalayan region has led to a humanitarian catastrophe in the Nepalese valley near the Chinese border. (Source: Bloomberg)
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FortuneRescue 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.
Financial TimesChina suspends Nepal rescue efforts as lake overflows Nepal issues alert as emergency services race to save survivors of catastrophic flooding
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Chinese authorities also warned that the newly formed lake at the confluence of the Tsogyal and the Purupqiangzangbu rivers is overflowing and may burst.
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ZeroHedge🚨🚨🚨#China alerts new barrier lake forms at #Nepal rivers confluence, posing high breach risk over next 3 days.
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The 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.
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ZeroHedgeAn Aug. 27 update from the NDRRMA confirmed that 359 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, with another 910 individuals still out of contact. Meanwhile, across the border, the Gyirong disaster command reported three confirmed deaths and 558 people missing in Tibet - including 260 foreign nationals - as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 27.
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01 Bloomberg Xi Orders Glacier Survey as Rescue Faces ‘Extreme Difficulties’ Chinese President Xi Jinping said rescue operations faced “extreme difficulties” after a deadly mudslide struck the Himalayas near the border with Nepal, and ordered faster surveys of glaciers and glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau.
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02 ZeroHedge A rapidly expanding dammed lake above a Nepal-Tibet flood zone poses a severe new threat to Gyirong Port, where hundreds of people remain unaccounted for following an initial catastrophic surge.
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03 Financial Times Deadly flood a brutal reminder of growing Himalayan hazards Torrent that tore through settlements near Nepal’s border with China comes as scientists warn climate change is increasing risks
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04 Fortune 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.
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