Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing
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Kathmandu,Nepal: The death toll from flooding and landslides inNepalhas reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing. Police on Sunday...
Kathmandu, Nepal: The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing.
Police on Sunday morning warned the death toll was expected to rise further as reports come in from villages across the mountainous country.
The weather in Nepal was improved on Sunday and rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts were underway.
Rescuer workers recovered 14 bodies overnight from two buses headed to Kathmandu that were buried in a landslide on a highway near the capital city.
At least one other bus and other vehicles were still buried at the same spot, and rescuer workers were digging through rocks and mud trying to find people.
