CTA President confirms casualty among Tibetan settlement in Nepal’s flood-hit Rasuwa with many missing

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 27: The catastrophic flash flood that swept across the Nepal–Tibet border on Wednesday has caused widespread destruction and left Tibetan communities in both Tibet and Nepal facing severe losses, according to Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Penpa Tsering. Some Tibetan outlets have reported the death toll of Tibetans to be at least 5 at the time of writing this report.

In a video message released by Tibet TV on Thursday, the CTA President confirmed that Tibetans living in Kyirong, Tibet, and members of the Rasuwa Gegayling Tibetan Settlement in Nepal’s Rasuwa District were among those affected by the disaster. The small Tibetan settlement...

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