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Massive flooding killed 19 people in Nepal on Wednesday as Chinese state media reported “major casualties” from a mudslide at a Tibet trade hub on China’s side of the nations’ shared border.
Images shared by Nepali police showed floodwater surging through a river, sweeping away houses in its path, while AFP images depicted the top floor of a house sticking out from muddy soil.
“Nineteen bodies have been recovered so far. We are intensely coordinating the rescue and relief efforts. Many in our police force are also out of contact,” according to police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle.
It remains unclear whether the eight are linked to the 384 missing tourists.
