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A Chinese national and a 64-year-old Nepali woman were rescued alive on Saturday after being trapped for 10 days following a devastating flash flood and landslide in an area along the Nepal China border. According to a report by the Kathmandu Post, the Chinese national named Lu Haitao was rescued from about 225 meters or 738 feet inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 1 Hydropower Project. A joint team comprising the Nepali Army and foreign rescuers carried out the rescue. He was later ta...

The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750. Of them, 734 people have died in Nepal. Another 16 people were killed in Tibet’s Gyirong County. Thousands of people remain missing in the disaster affected areas along the border between the two countries. Officials in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region provided the information at a news conference held Sunday. At the news conference, officials said the missing foreign nationals include 49 citi...

For the people of Rasuwa in Nepal, the disaster has only just begun. Those who lost their lives are gone. Those who survived are fighting every moment to stay alive. There is no food, no water and no roof over their heads. There is no medicine or medical treatment. There is only the hope that perhaps a loved one is still alive somewhere and a beating heart holding on to life. The same scene can be seen not only in Rasuwa but also in Nuwakot, Tanahun, Chitwan, Dhading, Gorkha and Nawalparasi East...

A terrifying surge of the Bhote Koshi River suddenly swept through the area on Wednesday. Some people escaped death by running. Some drove their vehicles. Others survived by clinging to electric wires. For some others, survival was simply a matter of luck. Those who watched homes, settlements and loved ones being swept away before their eyes and survived now have only one thing to say: “It feels like I have been given a new life.” ‘I survived by clinging to an electric wire’ His body cove...