Nepal, China Race To Find Thousands Missing After Himalayan Glacier Collapse

According to CNBC, rescuers in Nepal and China were racing on Sunday to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse triggered a mudslide across the Himalayas, with authorities saying the death toll had risen to nearly 800 and more than 3,000 people were missing on both sides of the Nepal-China border. Nepal's disaster authority said 781 people had died and 2,502 were missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths in Gyirong County and 546 missing; Beijing also said 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries were unaccounted for in Tibet. The Red Cross estimated that more than 90,000 people were likely affected, and China linked the disaster to climate change. Rescue work has been hampered by bad weather, rising water levels and fresh landslides, while Nepal said about 10,000 troops and specialist teams from China and India were deployed. China has mobilized more than 2,100 rescue workers and allocated at least 220 million yuan ($32.7 million) for relief efforts.