Nepal is recovering from devastating flash floods. Learn about this news story in simpler English with Georgie and Phil.
More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week’s flash floods on the border of Nepal and Tibet, according to Nepal’s disaster agency.
Almost 4,000 people are still missing. Rescuers are trying to reach hundreds of workers who have been trapped in a large network of tunnels at hydropower sites.
Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Monday that 279 people had been rescued from the sites.
A key cause of the deadly floods is thought to be a glacier collapse in the Himalayas. A glacier is a large area of dense ice.
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