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Nepal reverses course, allows foreign rescue teams after deadly Himalayan flood

Nepal reversed its refusal to accept international search and rescue teams on Friday, bowing to diplomatic pressure from countries whose citizens remain missing after a devastating flash flood tore through the Himalayan border region three days earlier. The government approved…

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Nepal flood death toll hits 579 as barrier lake threatens new destruction

Two days after a glacier collapsed above Nepal's northern border with Tibet, sending a wall of mud, rock and ice through Himalayan valleys, the death toll in Nepal has climbed to 579, with nearly 2,000 people still missing and a…

Nepal monitors growing lake that poses new flood threat

Rescue crews in Nepal have been extracting survivors by helicopter from valleys devastated by a catastrophic flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed past 500 and the government appealed Friday for…

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Nepal, China warn of second flood as barrier lakes risk bursting

Nepal and China issued urgent flood warnings on Thursday as two newly formed barrier lakes on either side of their Himalayan border threatened to burst, raising the prospect of a second catastrophe in a region still reeling from flash flooding…

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Glacier collapse triggers deadly Nepal floods, hundreds missing

A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region Wednesday morning, killing at least 160 people and leaving more than 400 missing — including hundreds of foreign tourists — after a glacier collapse sent a massive wall of water,…

Climate change made West Africa floods five times more likely, study finds

Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that caused devastating floods across West Africa's coast in June approximately five times more likely than it would have been in pre-industrial times, according to a study released this week by the World…