Photos: Avalanche floods kill eight, hundreds missing in Nepal’s Himalayas
Flash floods devastate Nepal’s Himalayas, washing away villages and infrastructure along the Bhotekoshi river. Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli river after flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district.
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- Fact 1: Officials said 384 tourists, including 291 foreigners from India, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States, were unaccounted for after Wednesday’s disaster, which struck at about 9am (03:15 GMT).
- Fact 2: [Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo] The Nepal Electricity Authority said about 430 megawatts of production capacity, including from hydropower and solar facilities, has been damaged.
Flash floods devastate Nepal’s Himalayas, washing away villages and infrastructure along the Bhotekoshi river. Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli river after flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district.
[Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo] Hundreds of people are missing and at least eight have been killed after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods in Nepal’s Himalayan region, washing away villages and infrastructure along the Bhotekoshi river. Officials said 384 tourists, including 291 foreigners from India, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States, were unaccounted for after Wednesday’s disaster, which struck at about 9am (03:15 GMT). Roads and hydropower projects were destroyed, and authorities issued alerts urging residents in several districts to keep away from the Bhotekoshi, Trishuli and Narayani rivers.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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