KATHMANDU: A US tourist died Thursday while trying to cross a swollen river in Nepal, the latest victim of floods and landslides feared to have killed more than 250 people, an official said.
"The bridge on the river was destroyed by flooding a few days ago... it is a dangerous river to cross on foot and it looks like he either slipped or was swept away by the current," Acharya told AFP.
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