New Toll: More Than 1,000 People Killed in Floods in Nepal and China

The Nepalese emergency agency reported that 987 deaths have been recorded, while 3,916 people are listed as missing, including 583 foreign nationals. Chinese authorities, in their latest report published yesterday, reported 16 fatalities. The flash floods that began last week were caused by the collapse of rocks beneath a glacier in the Himalayas. Scientists analyzing satellite images determined that the ground beneath the glacier collapsed, dragging part of the