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Nepal floods devastation in pictures with hundreds dead and 33 Brits missing
Devastation wrought by extreme flash flooding in Nepal that resulted in hundreds of deaths and dozens of missing Brit tourists has been laid bare in a series of shocking new photos.
TL;DR
- Hundreds of deaths and dozens of missing people, including British tourists, due to extreme flash flooding in Nepal.
- Emergency workers have recovered 270 bodies, with 826 people remaining missing.
- Nepal Tourism Board reports 644 tourists missing, 33 of whom are British.
- Three deaths and 558 missing people reported in neighboring Tibet's Gyirong county, including 260 foreign nationals.
- Images show widespread destruction of landscapes, homes, and community buildings.
- Geologists hypothesize that a glacier collapse may have triggered the flooding, supported by satellite imagery of a missing glacier section.
- A seismologist believes a collapsed glacier hitting the valley bottom caused the event, indicating its immense magnitude.