Tragedy in the Himalayas: the risk of a further landslide halts rescue operations on the Nepal-China border

Floodwaters offer no respite. A naturally dammed landslide lake formed during Wednesday's disaster began overflowing ten kilometres up the valley, threatening to breach and submerge emergency teams under a second massive surge of mud and debris. Confronted with this acute hazard, emergency response...

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