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More than 1,500 missing after deadly floodwaters wipe out villages On Nepal-China Border

More than 1,500 people are missing – including at least 800 foreigners – after catastrophic flash flooding hit China and Nepal on Wednesday. More than 165 people are confirmed dead, with search and rescue operations ongoing. Dramatic footage shows a torrent of water hitting the mountainous region, submerging villages and wiping out bridges. The US Geological Survey said a glacial collapse – when a large section of ice breaks off a glacier and falls down a slope – was behind the disaster

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