The death toll from catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district has risen to at least 162, with hundreds of people still unaccounted for, including more than 300 foreign nationals.
Climate scientists say an ice-rock avalanche blocked a tributary of the Bhotekoshi river before releasing a devastating surge of water downstream, destroying homes, roads and bridges across the Nepal-Tibet border region.
India has dispatched ten metric tonnes of humanitarian aid, while Nepal's prime minister says the country is in a state of shock.
Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi.
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Neha Poonia in New Delhi says the precise cause of the flooding has yet to be conclusively determined, even as the rapidly warming Himalayan region faces growing risks from glacial instability.
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