U of M fellowship graduate among those missing in Nepal
A doctor with ties to the University of Minnesota and his family have been declared missing in the wake of the devastating Nepal flash floods.
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A doctor with ties to the University of Minnesota and his family have been declared missing in the wake of the devastating Nepal flash floods.
The rescue brings the total to three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.
For Jeena Gurung Vomhof, the Minnesota State Fair was supposed to be a celebration. A chance to share the art and traditions of the country she still calls home. Then came devastating news from Nepal.
Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet.
The deadly flash flood in Nepal was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.
The flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
The climb by Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, a 40-year-old banker at Kenya Commercial Bank, had been closely followed in Kenya.
Nepal's National Seismological Centre said Friday’s quake was a magnitude 6.4, while the U.S. Geological Survey called it a magnitude 5.6.
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Officials believe everyone on board was killed when the Yeti Airlines passenger plane, flying from India to Nepal, went down suddenly on approach to landing.
A regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara, authorities said.
