Nepal flood waters smash through village
The Peninsula
Kathmandu: A devastating flood of freezing water smashed through a village Friday in Nepal s Everest region, local government and army officials said,...
Kathmandu: A devastating flood of freezing water smashed through a village Friday 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.
Thame, a Sherpa village at an altitude of around 3,800 meters (12,470 feet), was home to Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to climb the world's highest mountain Everest along with New Zealander Edmund Hillary.
The small village has since been home to record-making mountaineers, including Kami Rita Sherpa, who climbed Everest for a record 30th time this year.
"No death has been reported but about 15 houses have been swept away," Nepal army spokesman Gaurav Kumar KC told AFP.
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