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Unos 90 estadounidenses desaparecidos por deslave en Nepal (Departamento de Estado)


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Alrededor de 90 estadounidenses están desaparecidos en la frontera entre Nepal y la región autónoma china de Tíbet, donde un deslave arrepentido causó al menos 362 muertos, informó este jue el Departamento de Estado.

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Nepal’s disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on August 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)
Rescue personnel transport stranded residents using a bulldozer after flash floods in the Devighat area in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Rescue teams rushed on August 27 to find more than 1,300 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border after flash floods and landslides killed at least 165 and swept away entire villages. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

«Estamos en busca de 90 estadosunidenses que podrían haber sido impactados por las inundaciones», dijo un portavoz del Departamento de Estado, al confirmar que tres de sus ciudadanos fallecieron.

(FILES) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a long-life prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on July 5, 2025. Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on August 27 that he was praying for all those killed in devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

 

This satellite image taken by Planet Labs on August 27, 2026 shows Nepal’s Timure and Thuman areas along the Trishuli River after a massive flash flood. Rescue teams waded through mud on August 27 searching for more than 1,400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, as the death toll rose sharply to at least 362, with entire villages swept away. (Photo by 2026 Planet Labs PBC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT «AFP PHOTO/2026 PLANET LABS PBC» – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
An elderly man gets treatment at a hospital after flash floods in the Devighat area of Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Rescue teams scoured devastated zones August 27 for more than 1,300 people missing a day after flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 273, sweeping away entire villages. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

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