Floods in Nepal and Tibet: race against time to try to find nearly three thousand missing

A landslide followed by flash floods devastated the Himalayas on Wednesday, killing at least 633 people in Nepal and Tibet, with the number of missing rising to 29,984 people, including more than 760 foreign tourists, three of whom are Portuguese. Authorities are in a race against time to try to find survivors among the rubble and the waters.

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"The wave was enormous. It swept everything away": Italian survivor recounts moment of panic during flood in Nepal

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