The crisis is part of a regional pattern that has left more than 100 dead across India, Thailand, and Nepal. Israel's Foreign Ministry is currently coordinating helicopter evacuations for dozens of its citizens stranded in the village of Samagaun and other remote trekking zones. These events follow a catastrophic glacial collapse on August 26 that killed 1,450 people in the Himalayas.
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Nepal Deaths Reach 27 Following 304 Landslides and 87 Floods
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Torrential downpours destroyed 31 bridges and caused the Bagmati River to overflow in Kathmandu as rain-induced fatalities in Nepal reached 27. The weather triggered 304 landslides and 87 floods between September 24 and September 27, with most deaths occurring in rural areas. Other structural failures include a mountainside collapse in the Mustang region and a ward office building in Baglung that fell into the Daram River on September 27. Authorities have issued flash flood warnings for 49 of Nepal's 77 districts.
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