Nepali Authorities Report 676 Deaths and Nearly 3,000 Missing Amid Floods in Nepal and Tib
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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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NewsweekWho Is Jitendra Patel? Jitendra Patel is a 72-year-old father of two living on Long Island, New York. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1979, his son said. He has three grandchildren.
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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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Jake Reiner has given his first interview since the killing of his parents, the film-maker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, saying: “I will never understand why this happened.”
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Washington Times CultureJake Reiner, the eldest son of film director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, said the eight months since his parents were found fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home have felt like “a living nightmare.”
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01 Newsweek Sunny Patel, whose father is among those missing after devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border, told Fox News on Saturday that he last spoke with his father, Jitendra Patel, moments before the region was struck.
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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 Their 32-year-old son Nick Reiner was indicted for two counts of first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty.
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