Death toll nears 400, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
Emergency teams are racing to pluck survivors from affected zones, while Nepali soldiers use sniffer dogs to search for bodies.
As flash floods and landslides devastated the Nepal-Tibet border, the death toll rose to 392, with over 1,400 people missing, mostly foreign tourists and Hindu pilgrims. Emergency teams and Nepali soldiers used sniffer dogs to search for bodies in mud-ridden zones. Climate change is contributing to the risk of future floods, as glaciers worldwide continue to melt.
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