Rescuers in Nepal searched Friday (12) for at least 62 passengers missing after landslides swept two buses into a river, while landslides elsewhere in the mountainous country killed at least 10 people, police said.
A rescue team was seen rowing a lifeboat against a fast-flowing river in search of missing passengers in footage shared by the Nepal Armed Police Force on its Facebook page on Friday. Reuters could not independently verify the location and date of the video.
At least three passengers survived with minor injuries after jumping out of the buses before rocks and mud rushed down the slopes, a district official said.
Landslides and floods have killed at least 91 people in Nepal since mid-June.
In a social media post on Friday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed sadness over the disasters and instructed government agencies to conduct effective search and rescue operations.
Source: CNN Brasil
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