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Catastrophic floods kill hundreds in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing

Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

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Catastrophic floods kill hundreds in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
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