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Son of American who went missing after Nepal flash flood pleads for help
Fox News • • world
Key Points:
- American spiritual pilgrim Jitendra Patel is missing following catastrophic floods and mudslides on the Nepal-China border, which have killed over 600 people and left nearly 3,000 missing.
- The disaster was triggered by a glacier ice chunk falling into the Lhende Khola River, causing massive waves of rock, ice, and debris through mountain rivers.
- Patel was traveling with a group to Mount Kailash, a popular pilgrimage site, but experienced car troubles that delayed their arrival by a day.
- His family has struggled to obtain information from Chinese authorities and has contacted multiple embassies and the U.S. State Department while raising public awareness.
- Search and rescue efforts have been temporarily halted due to adverse weather conditions, and officials are monitoring potentially dangerous lakes formed by the flooding.
