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Nearly 1,000 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after floods caused by a glacial collapse
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Nearly 1,000 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after floods caused by a glacial collapse

China's Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed.

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China's Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed.

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