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Flooding and landslides in Nepal kill at least 66 people, with as many again still missing
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are missing, officials said Saturday. Rain has been pouring down since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekend. ...
Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess. Families gathered for feasts and lit incense for the dead at shrines. Men and boys in colorful...
27 killed after a bus with Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway and crash
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At least 27 people were killed and 16 others injured when a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a key highway and crashed on Friday in Nepal, officials said. The bus veered off Prithvi Highway and rolled toward a fast-flowing river. Its roof was...
Police say 14 killed, 16 injured and several missing after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway
5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal's capital
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed Wednesday in the mountains just northwest of Nepal’s capital, authorities said. The bodies of four men and a woman were pulled from the wreckage, said Krishna Prasad Humagai, the government...
Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal's capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. All the people aboard the Saurya Airlines flight including the co-pilot were Nepali except for one passenger, who was a...
State television says a plane with 19 people on board has slipped off the runway and crashed at Kathmandu airport
Three people have survived after 2 buses on Nepal highway fell into swollen river with at least 60 reported missing
Official says 66 people believed missing after 2 buses swept by landslide on Nepal highway and pushed into swollen river
Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The...