Three Americans are among hundreds of people missing after torrential floods swept through the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and China’s Tibet destroying roads, bridges and power projects on Wednesday.
\n\nAt least eight people have been killed in the floods in Nepal, a police spokesperson said, as the country braced for more casualties and worse damage from the waters which destroyed houses and roads.
\n\nOfficials in Tibet said they feared “major casualties” with some missing in the county of Gyirong after a mudslide hit a land crossing between the neighbors.
\n\nThe Nepal Tourist Board said in a post on X that it was working to verify the whereabouts of 384 travelers including 291 foreigners which it had identified using records from tourism and travel companies. Three Americans were among the missing, it said.
\n\nRescue helicopters could not land in Nepal’s affected areas of Syapru Besi and Timure in the mountainous district of Rasuwa, with a population of about 50,000, officials said, with the river flowing above its normal course.
\n\nTelevision broadcast images of crumbled homes in the floodwaters, floating cars and a metal bridge being washed away, while witnesses told Reuters the waters engulfed entire villages.
\n\n“There could be heavy…
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