Nepal Flash Floods Kill Over 160, With 1,500 Missing Including Foreign Tourists

A suspected earthquake triggered an ice-rock avalanche on Nepal's Lhende Khola river on 26 August, sending flash floods through Himalayan communities along the Nepal-Tibet border. Reuters reports over 160 dead and approximately 1,500 missing, including at least 800 foreign tourists. International aid and helicopters are reaching survivors as the death toll is expected to rise.