00:00Hundreds of people are missing and over 150 have been killed after an avalanche of ice and rock-triggered massive
00:06flash floods in Nepal's Himalayan region, washing away villages and infrastructure along the Botekoshi River.
00:12Officials say 384 tourists, including 291 foreigners from India, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United States were unaccounted for
00:22after the disaster, which struck about 9 a.m. local time.
00:25According to the latest figure shared by Nepal police, the death toll climbed 157 lives.
00:32Nepal Tourism Board officials said most of the missing were likely tourists from India and the Indian diaspora on pilgrimage
00:39to Mount Kailash in the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet, a sacrifice for Hindus.
00:44The Himalayan region, which spawned Nepal and several nearby countries, including India, is especially vulnerable to heavy rains, floods and
00:51landslides because it is warming faster than the rest of the world.
00:55due to human-caused climate change.
01:02My brother-in-law had a liquor store here.
01:07I got a call from him this morning and they were crying and said their entire house had been swept
01:11away.
01:14Three family members were rescued, but his brother is still missing.
01:20I saw around nine trucks being swept away by the floods, including people.
01:26It's a heartbreaking incident.
01:28I've been teaching here for 18 years and I've never seen anything like this here before.
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