Rescuers are searching for 19 people missing in severe flooding in Nepal that swept away a key bridge connecting the country with China. Police said rescuers have also recovered nine bodies from

The devastating flash flood along the Nepal-China border has claimed nine lives, with 19 still missing. Triggered by an unexpected surge from Tibet's Lhende River, the flood disrupted infrastructure,

Nepal’s mountainous terrain is vulnerable to flash floods. Disasters have gotten deadlier in recent years in part because of changing climate patterns. Erratic rainfall, floods, landslides, avalanches and glacial lake outbursts are becoming more serious.