Catastrophic floods kill over 359 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing

DEVIGHAT, Nepal: (AP) Rescue teams searched on Thursday (Aug 27) for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. As of 5pm, at least 359 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,300 are missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds others have been displaced across the Himalayan region. The steep slopes and the lush valleys…