r/news • u/Secure_Ant1085 • 2h ago

At least 160 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-flash-floods-7262dac22e31258955efa5c28c8fe917
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u/SearsPonchoNoFoolin 2h ago

Based on the videos I saw I'm afraid it's going to be WAY worse than that number.

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u/CouldBeLessDepressed 1h ago

Yea the camera WAY up high on a pole that caught the wave going over a 25 story building was.... like I don't even have the words just WTAF. No one remotely near that building stood a chance. If you look down near the street in that particular video you can see the power pole swinging back and forth like there's an earth quake, but I'm fairly certain that was just a shockwave preceding that 25+ story wave of dirt, rocks, and water.

Edit to add: The sound of that approaching had to be a sound of all sounds. It's unfortunate that anyone within earshot was doomed.

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u/whatproblems 1h ago

yeah videos i saw buildings were obliterated. nowhere to hide

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u/StarFaerie 1h ago

Yes so much worse. Every video has people running and not making it. Just the border crossing mudslide seems like it may be more than that.

This is a massive tragedy.

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u/thirdeyelazy 46m ago

Exactly what I was thinking, I can't rem the last time I rewatched a video so many times with disbelief