BEIJING: China paused a rescue operation on Friday citing the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet, where hundreds remain missing two days after a deadly mudslide, state media said. A lake formed by immense piles of debris after a mudslide hit the China-Nepal border has begun overflowing toward the area that rescue teams were headed, state broadcaster CCTV said. “All rescue teams have been ordered to stand by in place and wait for further instructions,” it said.

Many of the missing include visitors from India, China; US Geological Survey believes the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse.

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