Landslide blocks Nepal river, 8 dead
Saturday, 2 August 2014
A massive landslide killed at least eight people and blocked a mountain river in northern Nepal, causing the water to form a lake that threatens to burst and sweep several villages, officials said on Saturday. The death toll could still climb because many houses were buried under piles of rock and soil or submerged by the rising water, said police official Arun Chetri. The number of the missing could not be immediately determined, he said, according to a news agency.