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289 confirmed dead in the Rasuwa flood as searches reach cut-off areas
Nepal Police put the confirmed toll at 289 in their 2:30pm bulletin on Thursday. It was 270 at 1:30pm and 165 that morning. The jumps are search teams reaching settlements that had been cut off since …
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China reports a new lake forming upstream and warns it could break
China's Ministry of Water Resources says a barrier lake, meaning a river blocked by debris into an artificial lake, has formed near the confluence of the Chhochen Khola and the Purepu Tsangpo, inside …
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USGS: the tremor was a glacial collapse, not an earthquake
The US Geological Survey first logged a magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 08:37 on Wednesday, minutes before the river rose. It has now revised that analysis.
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14 hydropower projects hit and the whole border road destroyed
The Nepal Electricity Authority reports 14 hydropower projects damaged with a combined capacity of about 748 megawatts: nine operating plants totalling 354 MW and five under construction totalling 394…
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Infrastructure damage put at Rs 200 billion, early figure
Physical Infrastructure Minister Sunil Lamsal said damage to roads and bridges is around Rs 200 billion. He called it preliminary information.
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165 confirmed dead in Rasuwa flood, 826 still missing
Nepal Police put the toll at 165 dead in its 8:15am bulletin on Thursday. The flood hit Timure in Rasuwa on Wednesday morning and ran down the Bhote Koshi into the Trishuli and the Narayani. Bodies ha…
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