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At least 335 people are killed and over a thousand are missing after flash flooding in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot Districts of Nepal and alon... · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Spoken News, where Wikipedia excerpts are read verbatim
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  by a computer. At least 335 people are killed, and
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  over a thousand are missing, after flash flooding in the
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  Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts of Nepal, and along the China-Nepal border.
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  On the morning of 26 August 2026, a series of
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  flash floods along the Trishuli River struck dozens of settlements
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  in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts. The floods also affected
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  the Girong port area on the China-Nepal border, an important
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  gateway for cross-border trade and tourism. The flash floods and
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  mudslides caused massive damage to populated areas, with at least
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  332 confirmed deaths in Nepal and three in China. Authorities
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  have issued flood warnings for communities along rivers in the Rasuwa,
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  Nuwa Kot, Dading, Golha, and Chitwan districts. The event was
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  so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.
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  The China-Nepal border is the international boundary between the Tibet
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  Autonomous Region of China and Nepal. It is 1389 km
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  in length and runs in a northwest-southeast direction along the
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  Himalayan mountain range, including Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
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  The line of the border has changed dramatically over time,
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  especially when considering events such as the 1951 Chinese annexation
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  of Tibet. Some of the most significant developments of modern
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  times are the signing of the Agreement on Maintaining Friendly
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  Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom
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  of Nepal in 1956, and the Sino-Nepalese Treaty of Peace
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  and Friendship in 1960, both of which formally recognized Tibet
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  as a part of China, and confirmed the limits of
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  the countries of China and Nepal as they are known today.
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  Nuwakot District, a part of Bagmati Province, is one of
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  the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Bidul as
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  its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,121 square kilometers
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  and had a population of 288,478 in 2001 and 277,471
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  in 2011. The district contains places of historical significance, such
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  as the town of Newakot and the village of Devigat,
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  located at the confluence of the Tadi and Trishuli rivers.
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  Kakani is popular among Nepalese people as a touristic place
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  and picnic spot. Rasuwa district. That's it for now. See
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  the episode notes for sources and licensing. Thank you.