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Nepal, China

Flooding occurred in Nepal’s Rasuwa District, causing landslides

At around 10.30 a.m. today, flash flooding occurred in Rasuwa District on the Nepali side of the Nepal–China border, causing landslides. The flooding damaged the border crossing (known as the Rasuwagadhi border crossing on the Nepali side and the Gyirong border crossing on the Chinese side) and caused casualties. Syapru Besi and Timure in Nepal’s Rasuwa District, and China's Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet, China were affected. Nepali authorities said the flooding had killed at least nine people. Rasuwa District administrator Narendra Pariyar said that some villages and infrastructure construction sites had been washed away by the flooding, while the full extent of casualties and property damage caused by the disaster remained to be confirmed. According to Xinhua News Agency, the disaster caused “major casualties” in Gyirong County, Shigatse, Tibet.

Source: Radio Taiwan International; HK01; FTV News; Ming Pao; Xinhua News Agency; Reuters