Glacial collapse caused Nepal flash flood that has left more than 1,500 missing and 469 dead
The Surrey family, which includes a former Mrs India UK, are among at least 33 Britons unaccounted for after collapsing bedrock beneath Langtang Lirung dragged a vast glacier section into the valley.The Trishuli River surged 27 feet in just 30 minutes after a magnitude-5.2 glacial collapse sent water and mud across 40km of the Himalayan border.With 1,500 people still missing, Pramod Poudel fears his wife, parents, brother and uncle were among those swept away when 90 per cent of his family's village was destroyed.Hundreds have been killed and around 1,500 people remain missing after the glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic flooding across the Nepal-Tibet border region.
A glacial collapse triggered the wall of ice, mud and rocks that engulfed the Gyirong border crossing at 8:37am on Wednesday, killing at least 469 people and leaving more than 1,500 unaccounted for. Among the missing are more than 30 British nationals, including a Surrey family of four, a London Hindu priest leading 11 Britons, and nurses from Kent and Essex. Nearly 100 Americans and 39 Australians remain unaccounted for, with one Australian, Cara Severino, 26, making brief contact from Gosainkunda on Friday. Officials warn a barrier lake formed by the collapse could burst, raising fears of a second devastating flood.
