38 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 1h ago
Some outlets localize the Nepal flood story by highlighting specific nationalities missing, while others focus on the broader search efforts and the disaster's scale.
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38 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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SEE THE HEADLINES
After flash floods destroyed entire villages in a Himalayan valley on the Nepal-Tibet border, the search for over 1,300 missing people, including tourists and pilgrims, is underway.
Hundreds of people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 353 and left more than 1,300 people missing as of Thursday.
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several storie...
Two Irish tourists are believed missing in the Rasuwa region, where they had been on an excursion.
Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 353 and left more than 1,300 people missing as of Thursday. Many were foreigners in the area for trekking,...
Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates Have you been affected by...
A massive glacier collapse triggered a magnitude 5.2 landslide event that caused catastrophic Nepal and Tibet floods, with over 1,300 people still missing.
BENGALURU, India (AP) — The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary i...
Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 353 and left more than 1,300 people missing as of Thursday
Three Odias, including an Australia-based couple and a 20-year-old woman from Mayurbhanj, are missing after devastating floods in Nepal, officials said.
The number of South Africans believed to be missing following flooding in Nepal has risen to six.
Rescue teams searched for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacier col...
Hundreds of tourists, including dozens of Americans, are still missing after floods tore through mountain towns in the lower Himalayan mountains region.
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At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
At least 273 people have been confirmed killed by the massive flash flooding that ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.
Dramatic footage shows a flash flood tearing through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, killing 157 people and leaving hundreds missing.
Terrifying images from the China-Nepal border show a monster wave crashing down from the mountains, sweeping away everything in its path, including vehicles, buildings, and even people. The...
A deadly flash flood tore through a valley in Nepal near the Chinese border, leaving hundreds dead and more than a thousand missing. Foreign tourists are among those affected as authorities...
Crews search for survivors after catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border.
Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS Sixty-five Americans are missing after a wall of water razed entire towns to the ground in the Himalayas, officials say. More than 800 people are unaccounted for...
Survivors described the terrifying speed and power of the “boulders, sand and thick sludge” that killed hundreds and wiped out villages on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
More than 100 of the nearly 1,300 people missing after massive floods were on a pilgrimage
Scientists say a deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a glacier chunk breaking off and temporarily damming a river.
Scientists say a deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a glacier chunk breaking off and temporarily damming a river
At least 1,500 people are missing, many of them foreign tourists, after deadly floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away entire villages.
Rescue crews in Nepal and China's Tibet region are searching for more than 1,000 missing people after a devastating Himalayan flood killed at least 273 people.
Rescue crews in Nepal and China's Tibet region are searching for more than 1,000 missing people after a devastating Himalayan flood killed at least 273 people.
Rescue crews in Nepal and China's Tibet region are searching for more than 1,000 missing people after a devastating Himalayan flood killed at least 273 people.
Rescue crews in Nepal and China's Tibet region are searching for more than 1,000 missing people after a devastating Himalayan flood killed at least 273 people.
Rescue teams are searching for missing people along the Nepal-Tibet border after the collapse of a glacier sent a deadly wall of water and mud tearing through communities.
For now, 288 Indians remain uncontactable, 21 have been rescued, and efforts are continuing to locate and assist the remaining Indian nationals affected by the disaster.
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