Nepal flash floods: 5 missing as surge sweeps away houses; landslide-dam breach likely cause
Flash floods swept away dozens of houses and damaged bridges and power infrastructure along Nepal’s Budhi Gandaki River on Sunday, October 11, leaving at least five people missing and prompting emergency evacuations in the mountainous Gorkha district. Authorities suspect a landslide blocked the river before the resulting natural dam burst, sending a destructive surge of…