00:00Massive flooding in Nepal has killed at least 19 people and mudslides and torrents of water
00:05swept through mountain valleys near the Chinese border.
00:09Nepal police said 19 bodies had been found while rescue operations continued.
00:14Hundreds of people are still missing, including 291 foreign nationals.
00:19Witnesses reported trucks, houses and people being swept away by the flood waters.
00:23The disaster also damaged around 430 megawatts of electricity production capacity, including
00:30hydropower and solar facilities, according to Nepal's Electricity Authority.
00:34Beyond the flooding, Nepal deployed helicopters and disaster response teams to the affected
00:39areas, while several highways were closed.
00:42A preliminary assessment suggested a rock ice avalanche in Nepal blocked the Land River and
00:47triggered the cascading floods.
00:49Meanwhile, Chinese state media reported major casualties and missing people at the Girong
00:55port in Tibet, but gave no figures for deaths or injuries.
01:00Authorities warned that roads in the area were at risk of further mudslides.
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