Nepal flood waters smash through village


Torrential storms lashing South Asia have killed hundreds of people since June. - Photo: Reuters

KATHMANDU: A devastating flood of freezing water smashed through a village on Friday (Aug 16) in Nepal’s Everest region, local government and army officials said, with experts suspecting a glacial lake outburst.

No deaths were reported, but the scale of the brown and muddy flood waters surging through the village of Thame were shocking, videos posted on social media by the local authorities showed.

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