Swallowed by Silt: Survivors Recount Nepal Flood Horror
Rescuers are searching for the missing as foreign tourists are among those unaccounted for after a glacial collapse sent icy debris into river towns, officials said.
- A glacial collapse triggered massive flooding across Nepal's Bhote Koshi and Trishuli River on Wednesday, killing 270 people as search operations continue. The Geological Survey confirmed the disaster released a tsunami-like flow of icy debris.
- The disaster unleashed a tsunami-like wall of water and mud, sweeping through villages and towns along the rivers. Survivor Joshi, 35, said hundreds scrambled up nearby slopes as floodwaters roared through the valley below.
- Residents of Devighat reported only one of roughly 150 houses along the Trishuli remained intact. Sabir Miyan, a local resident, said, "Many of us could save our lives but everything else is gone."
- Search teams continue operations as many missing are foreign tourists. Anisha Nepali, 24, rushed back from Kathmandu on Wednesday after hearing the disaster but said, "I have given their names, but am yet to hear anything."
- Joshi, 35, described his town's total destruction, stating "Ninety percent" of its people were dead, swallowed by silt. Rescuers continue recovering bodies as the nation grapples with the catastrophe's scale.
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Nepal, which was hit by deadly flooding on Wednesday, could face even more flooding.
Anil Adhikari, owner of a tourism agency, moved to the flooded areas to search for survivors. Rescue teams are still unable to access the most devastated areas.
While rescue teams and security forces from Nepal and China sought survivors and brought emergency aid to areas hit by floods in the Himalayas valleys, the destruction of roads, bridges and communication systems made operations difficult. Hundreds of people died this Wednesday in the tragedy considered the most devastating recorded in Nepal since the earthquake of 2015.
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Swallowed by silt: Survivors recount Nepal flood horror
A few walked alone, their faces frozen in shock, as helicopters landed every few minutes on a football field inside the town's military cantonment, whipping up clouds of dust. Among the survivors was customs agent Omkar Joshi, who spent the previous night stranded on a hilltop in the border town of Timure before being rescued. "Everything is finished," Joshi, 35, told AFP, his voice breaking with emotion. The town he fled had all but vanished be…
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