Fears of more flooding in Nepal, and NASA launches next-generation telescope: Weekend Rundown

Authorities in Nepal have warned of further flooding after heavy rainfall, as China sheds more light on the scale of the disaster in its Tibet region.

Five days after floodwaters unleashed by a glacier collapse buried communities under thick mud, rescuers in Nepal were still struggling to reach devastated areas as the full extent of the destruction came into focus.

“The disaster here is overwhelming,” Ferrin Cole, an operations director with the U.S.-based Crisis Response International, told NBC News on Sunday. “The flood that came down that mountain just wiped out cities. We’re going in as fast as we can to get people the help that they need.”

About 100 Americans are among those missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region, the State Department said Saturday.

We know the severity of it, but still, you know, there’s a ray of hope for us to find our loved ones.

In Nepal, the death toll has risen to 781, with more than 2,500 people still missing, including 592 foreign nationals, according to the country’s disaster agency. The Nepal Tourism Board said 289 foreign nationals have been rescued.

China has separately reported 16 deaths and 546 people missing in the Tibet region, including…

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