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Nepal declines foreign rescue teams despite hundreds missing after flash floods

Nepal's Foreign Ministry said Friday that it does not need international search-and-rescue assistance following the devastating flash floods that tore through its northern border region on Wednesday, even as hundreds of foreign nationals from more than 30 countries remain missing…

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Nepal flash floods kill dozens, leave hundreds missing

A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region early Wednesday morning, killing at least 95 people and leaving nearly 400 others missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists, in one of the worst mountain disasters in recent Himalayan history.