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As slopes crumble, rock and ice are pouring into steep river valleys, where they can block rivers or touch off massive debris flows. “There’s an acceleration of landslides with warming trends,” Byers said. “Every single year, you’ve got landslides that block rivers and the rivers dam up.” Rescue helicopters could not land in Nepal’s affected areas of Syapru Besi and Timure in the mountainous district of Rasuwa, with a population of about 50,000, officials said, with the river flowing above its normal course. Last year’s Bhote Koshi flood killed nine people, with 24 missing, as it washed away a “Friendship Bridge” linking Nepal and China to disrupt trade and transport for months. President Xi Jinping urged “all-out” search efforts for the missing as well as stronger monitoring and early warning systems to prevent secondary disasters.
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