Nepal’s
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the nation requires specialized, technical
foreign assistance rather than general search-and-rescue teams in the devastating
flood that struck the Himalayan border of Nepal and China.
The disaster
began on 26 August when a glacier collapse unleashed a massive torrent of rock,
ice, mud, and debris through the Himalayan mountain river systems.
According to National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), the flood killed 579...