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Nepal-Tibet floods leave more than 150 dead and 579 tourists missing
Flash flooding and a mudslide struck communities near the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday, leaving more than 150 people dead in the available toll. Nepalese police list 579 tourists as missing, including 466 foreign nationals from 28 countries. Chinese state media separately report three deaths and 265 missing people in Tibet. Further analysis by the US Geological Survey indicates that the landslide generated the recorded seismic energy rather than being triggered by an earthquake. The precise trigger remains unknown. Initial damage to roads and bridges exceeds 15 billion Nepalese rupees, according to a government official.