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| KATMANDU, Nepal — A major landslide early Saturday morning near Nepal’s border with China killed at least eight people and left hundreds missing, officials in Nepal said. It also washed out a crucial highway and blocked a river, leading to a dangerous buildup of water. | KATMANDU, Nepal — A major landslide early Saturday morning near Nepal’s border with China killed at least eight people and left hundreds missing, officials in Nepal said. It also washed out a crucial highway and blocked a river, leading to a dangerous buildup of water. |
| “Hundreds of people are missing and at least 40 houses are buried in the landslide,” said Ganesh Khatri Chhetri, a Nepalese police spokesman. At least 16 people had been rescued, he said. | “Hundreds of people are missing and at least 40 houses are buried in the landslide,” said Ganesh Khatri Chhetri, a Nepalese police spokesman. At least 16 people had been rescued, he said. |
| A section of the Araniko highway connecting Nepal with China was swept away, and rising water around the blockage created by rubble from the roadway led thousands to seek higher ground. Police and military personnel in helicopters were trying to drop explosives on the blockage in hopes of blowing a hole in it that would release the river. | |
| “We are worried about a possible disaster that might happen after the explosives unlock the river,” Mr. Khatri Chhetri said. “It could wash away many villages after the blocked river is unlocked.” | “We are worried about a possible disaster that might happen after the explosives unlock the river,” Mr. Khatri Chhetri said. “It could wash away many villages after the blocked river is unlocked.” |
| Many of the evacuees left their homes with only minimal possessions after the landslide, which occurred at 2 a.m. Saturday. “Many people including me are waiting on the road with their baggage after landslide,” Kapil Dhital, of the Nepalese town of Barabise, wrote on Twitter. “Now, I also have no other options but to move towards Tatopani” on the Chinese border, he wrote. | Many of the evacuees left their homes with only minimal possessions after the landslide, which occurred at 2 a.m. Saturday. “Many people including me are waiting on the road with their baggage after landslide,” Kapil Dhital, of the Nepalese town of Barabise, wrote on Twitter. “Now, I also have no other options but to move towards Tatopani” on the Chinese border, he wrote. |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India is scheduled to visit Nepal on Sunday, the first time in 17 years that an Indian prime minister has traveled to Nepal for bilateral discussions. Mr. Modi’s arrival is seen by many in Nepal as a crucial chance to resolve decades of misunderstandings and accelerate the development of the country’s hydropower potential on its many rivers. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India is scheduled to visit Nepal on Sunday, the first time in 17 years that an Indian prime minister has traveled to Nepal for bilateral discussions. Mr. Modi’s arrival is seen by many in Nepal as a crucial chance to resolve decades of misunderstandings and accelerate the development of the country’s hydropower potential on its many rivers. |