Nepal: Himalayan Sherpa village hit by freezing floods

Authorities have said there are no deaths or injuries, but more than a dozen buildings are destroyed.

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Experts suspect Thame - which sits at an altitude of about 3,800m - was flooded after a glacial lake burst its banks. Scientists have warned that climate change is causing many glaciers in the Himalayas to melt at an alarming rate.

No deaths or injuries have been reported, but more than a dozen buildings including houses, a school and a health clinic have been completely destroyed by Friday’s deluge.

Thame is home to many record-holding Sherpa mountaineers and is also where Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to climb Mount Everest along with explorer Edmund Hillary, hailed from.

Videos show frothy, milky waters surging through the village in floods turned brown by mud and debris.

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