Yasmeen Khan
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first heard May 2025
last heard 31 Aug
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It's Thursday, August 27th.
I'm Yasmin Khan in for Shamita Bassoo.
This is Apple News Today.
Massive flash floods on the border between Nepal and Tibet have killed more than a hundred and fifty people and left hundreds of workers and tourists in the area missing across a forty mile path of destruction.
Much of the world's first glimpse of the devastation came in the form of a surveillance video at a major border crossing in the region.
It showed a giant wall of mud and debris crashing down and enveloping a building as people tried to flee.
One man described the devastation he saw to news reporters.
Another local man said he learned of the terrible news from a phone call.
Experts and their initial assessments believe that a collapsing glacier caused the landslide.
An avalanche swept down into the river and created high-speed flash floods that subsumed roads and villages.
Floods are not uncommon in the region, but the event came as a surprise because it wasn't raining at the time.
The Himalaya region is especially vulnerable to the impacts of heavy rain and landslides because of the warming climate.
BBC correspondent Navin Singh Kodka, who covers the environment, explained the impact of climate change in the region to the network.
Rescue efforts are going to be quite complex.
The International Federation of the Red Cross is sending more than a million dollars to assist, and local officials have asked China and India to help with the search.
David Fisher is head of delegation for the International Red Cross in Nepal.
He spoke to the UK's Channel 4 news about the devastation and the challenges ahead.
Rescue efforts are hampered by the rough and mountainous terrain.
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