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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu, Sam Jones and Amy Hawkins

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst

An aerial picture of a flooded landscape.
The aftermath of the floods in Nuwakot, Nepal. More than 1,300 people are missing. Photograph: Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the ​deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising and ⁠at risk ​of ‌bursting.

The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valleys and obliterating entire villages, killed at least 469 people and left more than 1,300 missing.

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