Nepal flash flood washes away villages, project sites near Tibet border
Prime Minister Balendra Shah said rescue and relief teams, as well as police and the military had been dispatched to help in the aid effort.
A flash flood in the Himalayan nation of Nepal devastated villages and project sites near the Tibet border, authorities reported on Wednesday. District administrator Narendra Pariyar told Reuters that no estimates of casualties or property losses were currently available. Prime Minister Balendra Shah deployed rescue and relief teams, along with police and the military, to aid the affected areas.
People living along the Bhote Koshi river, which originates in Tibet and empties into Nepal's Trishuli river, have been urged to move to higher ground for their safety. The government warned of potential heavy casualties and property damage, noting that last year's Bhote Koshi flood, triggered by a supraglacial lake in Tibet, resulted in nine deaths, 24 missing, and the destruction of the Friendship Bridge between Nepal and China.
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