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Almost 1,500 missing after Himalayan floods devastate Nepal, Tibet

Sowetan · 27 August 2026 at 08:05

Almost 1,500 missing after Himalayan floods devastate Nepal, Tibet

Foreign nationals from more than 25 countries among those unaccounted for in deadly deluge

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