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Search for 1,300 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods⁣ ⁣ Rescue teams scoured devastated zones Thursday for more than 1,300 people missing a day after flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 180, sweeping away entire villages.⁣ ⁣ Homes were engulfed and vehicles tossed around like they were toys by the tsunami-like rumble of water and mud that struck villages and towns on Wednesday morning on the path of two rivers -- Bhote Koshi and Trishuli. ⁣ ⁣ Many of the missing are foreign tourists caught in the disaster that the US Geological Survey believe was caused by a glacial collapse that sent forth a overwhelming flow of icy debris.⁣ ⁣ The foreigners out of contact included Indians, and others from Australia, Britain, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea and the United States, Nepal's tourism board said.⁣ ⁣ The US Geological Survey said the flood was sparked by a glacial collapse, that caused seismic activity and the "catastrop...
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