(UPDATE) KATHMANDU — More than 60 people were reported missing in Nepal after a landslide triggered by heavy rains swept two buses off a highway and into a river, authorities said.
KATHMANDU — More than 60 people were reported missing in Nepal after a landslide triggered by heavy rains swept two buses off a highway and into a river, authorities said.Dozens of search and rescue personnel were combing the site for survivors of the accident in the central district of Chitwan, district official Khimananda Bhusal told AFP.
Rescuers look for survivors at the site of a landslide in Trishuli river in Simaltar, on July 12, 2024. AFP Photo'We are not sure of the total number because the buses could have picked up others on the road,' he said.'The river has swollen, and no one else has been found yet.'The accident took place along the Narayanghat-Mugling highway, around 100 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu.
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