Flash flood devastates Nepal-China border; Nine dead,19 missing as rescue ops continue

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Rasuwa [Nepal], July 10 (ANI): The flash flood that took place along the Nepal-China border on Tuesday has left behind a trail of devastation, disrupting lives and infrastructure and leaving at least nine people dead and 19 others missing.

The flood was triggered by a sudden surge from Tibet’s Lhende River that had buried vehicles under debris and swept away roads in the region.

Three days after the disaster, the Rasuwagadhi-Timure region remains completely cut off from the outside world. The Nepal Army, along with local residents, is navigating dangerous slopes to access the area. Electricity, internet, and telephone services have been down since Tuesday, and the trauma of the event continues to haunt survivors.

“I was trapped in the area across the river due to the flood. I had warned my friends to get across, but the flood swept them away, and I survived by going to the upper land areas that day (Tuesday)," Ram Bahadur Tharu, a survivor of the flooding...

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