Nearly 470 killed in Nepal floods: What we know about rescue efforts

At least 469 people have died, and at least 1,500 people remain missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region after a glacial collapse sent a mountain of mud and rock into a Himalayan river, triggering catastrophic flooding across local towns and valleys, authorities in Kathmandu have said.

The devastating Bhotekoshi flood struck the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border region, with some of the worst ...