A landslide in Nepal has swept up a number of foreigners, including Indian pilgrims traveling toward Tibet and South Korean workers at a power plant, according to Japanese newspaper 読売新聞 (Yomiuri Shimbun).
The report, published Saturday, says the incident occurred amid ongoing rescue efforts in the region. Yomiuri did not specify the exact location or the number of people affected, but noted that the victims were part of a broader group caught in the disaster.
Additional coverage from Yahoo! News and Okinawa Times describes survivors who ran uphill to escape the mud, with one resident quoted as saying the settlement had "died." WIRED.jp has separately examined the mechanism behind what it calls a "rainless flood," suggesting the event may not have been triggered by typical rainfall.
The landslide has drawn attention to the vulnerability of remote border areas in Nepal, where infrastructure such as power plants and pilgrimage routes can place people in harm's way. The Kyodo border checkpoint in Tibet has been mentioned in connection with the latest rescue situation, though details remain limited.
As rescue operations continue, the focus will be on accounting for all foreign nationals and understanding how a landslide of this scale occurred without the usual warning signs.
