At least 16 dead when powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet
It was the biggest earthquake in the region in the last five years, China's national broadcaster CCTV said.
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It was the biggest earthquake in the region in the last five years, China's national broadcaster CCTV said.
The rescue brings the total to three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel, after two other workers were freed a day before.
After nine days, rescuers in Nepal reached a group of workers trapped underground in a tunnel, pulling out two men. Chris Livesay has more.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel as emergency teams continued efforts to reach others believed to be trapped and still alive inside, officials said.
Nepali officials tell CBS News they have contacted a U.S. national among the more than 4,000 people still missing in the wake of the deadly flash floods.
Search-and-rescue operations continue in Nepal after a partial glacier collapse triggered deadly flash flooding. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
As the death toll from the Nepal floods passes 1000, Americans with loved ones among the nearly 4,000 people missing are still hoping for miracles.
As search and rescue continues in Nepal, the Nepali army has rescued more than 7,500 people but there are 3,000 still missing, including 90 Americans who were believed to be in Tibet. Ramy Inocencio reports from Kathmandu.
Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet.
A California couple were in a Nepali village when an avalanche of powerful waters ripped down from the high Himalayas toward them.
Rescuers pulled out survivors and helicopters ferried people to safety as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods killed hundreds of people.
Anil Goel sent his family in the U.S. a photo of his tour group at the Nepal-Tibet border just before the area was hit by a wall of mud and water.
More than 1,000 people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
A Mount Everest veteran tells CBS News why retrieving "Green Boots," whose remains have become a grim waypoint for climbers, would be a perilous mission.
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A strong earthquake killed more than 100 people in Tibet and left many others trapped in the autonomous region of western China, state media say.
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 95 people in the remote region of Tibet. BBC News correspondent Laura Bicker joined CBS News with the latest.
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