Reuters(@Reuters):Flash floods that struck the Himalayan border region of Nepal and China's Tibet on August 26 have killed at least 165 people. Nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners are missing, authorities said, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys. Here is a look at what caused the calamity, and where things stand now

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Flash floods that struck the Himalayan border region of Nepal and China's Tibet on August 26 have killed at least 165 people. Nearly 1,500 people including at least 800 foreigners are missing, authorities said, after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a Himalayan river, sending catastrophic floods through towns and valleys. Here is a look at what caused the calamity, and where things stand now