Winnipeg man among those missing in Nepal flash flood
A Winnipeg man, Mohit Kaushik, 49, is among nearly 2,000 individuals missing following a devastating flash flood in a popular tourist region along the Himalayan border in Nepal. Kaushik was participating in the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, a sacred pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in Tibet, when the disaster struck.
His disappearance was reported on Wednesday after a glacier collapse triggered catastrophic flooding and landslides. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed that the seismic activity was caused by the glacier striking the valley below, not an earthquake as initially believed. As of Saturday, 32 Canadian citizens and permanent residents were among the 669 confirmed dead, though none of the 579 confirmed fatalities were Canadians.
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