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Severe flooding triggered by a glacial lake outburst on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed more than 500 people and left over 1,500 missing, prompting urgent multinational search and rescue operations. Authorities warn that rising water levels from a newly formed barrier lake could trigger additional disasters.
Authorities in Nepal and Tibet have halted search efforts after a landslide-created barrier lake overflowed, triggering dangerous flash floods along the mountainous border. The renewed flooding endangers teams searching for dozens of missing mountaineers, including British nationals.
A doctor in southeast Delhi's Mount Kailash first assaulted his househelp with a cricket bat and then fatally stabbed her with a knife, reportedly after an argument with his wife about firing the employee.
A catastrophic flash flood in the Himalayan region has left hundreds of pilgrims heading toward Mount Kailash missing, raising concerns over the dangerous trekking conditions to the sacred site shared by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains.
A sudden glacial collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border has triggered catastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 389 people and left over 1,000 missing. More than 13,000 rescue personnel are currently conducting search-and-rescue missions amid concerns that a newly formed lake could breach and worsen the disaster.
A doctor in Delhi has been arrested for allegedly killing his house help with a cricket bat and stabbing her. The motive for the murder is believed to be the doctor's fears of "black magic."
An American couple of Indian descent traveling for a religious pilgrimage to Mount Kailash has disappeared following heavy flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border region.
Catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet have killed at least 270 people, with over 1,300 still missing, including many foreign tourists.