Rasuwa, Sept. 5 -- Ten days after the devastating floods that originated on the Nepal-China border and tore downstream through districts in central Nepal, a team from Nepali security forces reached Rasuwagadhi, the bordering town, on Saturday.

The team led by Deputy Superintendent of Armed Police Force Pradeep Rai and Nepali Army Major Deepak Rai installed the Nepali flag on the border.

This is the first time a Nepali team has reached the area since a glacial collapse sent a wall of ice, mud, water and debris through Lhende Khola to the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers that course through central Nepal. The floods have killed as many as 1,344 people, according to the latest official data, left nearly 5,000 missing, and swept away entire s...