China-Nepal floods: rescuers pull 2 survivors out of rubble near Tibet border crossing

Chinese rescuers continued searching for survivors from this week’s devastating floods along the border with Nepal as the operation passed a critical 72-hour window. Two villagers near the Gyirong border checkpoint were rescued from the rubble at around 1am on Saturday, according to Tibet’s emergency bureau. But at the

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China ra

Rescuers Retrieve Flood Survivors Caked In Mud As Death Toll In Nepal-China Border Disaster Climbs  HuffPost

Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing.

Rescuers on the Nepal-China border are pulling out flood survivors caked in dark brown mud while helicopters lift stranded people to safety

Rescuers retrieve flood survivors caked in mud as death toll in Nepal-China border disaster climbs  AP News

Hundreds of people, including more than 600 tourists, remain missing after the floods hit the Nepal-China border.

Experts warned that a blockage remaining upstream could trigger another flood.

The flooding has so far impacted regions in the north of the country, as well as areas of China's Tibet region across the Himalayan border.

Massive flood near Tibet border kills at least 95 in Nepal: police  Dawn

Prime Minister Balendra Shah said rescue and relief teams, as well as police and the military had been dispatched to help in the aid effort.