NUWAKOT: Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath. Rescue crews in helicopters have been plucking survivors from along the valleys ravaged in the tsunami-like flow of water and debris apparently unleashed by a glacier’s collapse. More than 1,400 people were still missing on Friday — many of them foreign tourists — and over 550 people were dead.

Catastrophic flash flooding has hit China and Nepal, with at least 95 people confirmed killed. The toll is likely to rise. Hundreds of tourists, including foreign nationals, are…

As authorities continue the grim task of recovering and trying to identify bodies, survivors are coming to terms with the tragedy on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China.