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Niranjan Shrestha/The Associated Press
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Niranjan Shrestha And Sibi Arasu
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Udin Dhunga, Nepal
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Officials in Nepal say 24 people from Canada are missing after flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 98 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others unaccounted for.
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The prime minister’s office in Nepal reported at least 95 dead. China’s state broadcaster CCTV said a mudslide in the Tibet region’s Gyirong County near the border killed at least three and left 265 missing. Drone footage showed roads destroyed and buildings buried. State news agency Xinhua reported significant casualties.
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Nepal’s steep valleys are economic lifelines and travel corridors but precarious ones when disaster strikes. Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in hard-hit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and stunned survivors were caked in mud.
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Many missing were on pilgrimage to a sacred site
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