Flash floods hit Himalayan mountain towns and villages, sweeping away vehicles, bridges and even buildings as people fled in terror.

Anil Goel sent his family in the U.S. a photo of his tour group at the Nepal-Tibet border just before the area was hit by a wall of mud and water.

Mount Kailash, a Himalayan peak in Tibet, is sacred to several religious traditions and draws pilgrims from across the region.

Follow live updates as rescue teams search for survivors of catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and China, where 90 Americans are among hundreds of people unaccounted for.

Flash flooding tore through a valley in Nepal, sweeping away villages and hundreds of tourists, including Americans, authorities say.

A Townsville woman who was taking part in a pilgrimage to Tibet is among the 43 Australians missing in Nepal after devastating floodwaters swept through the area. Around 800 deaths have been reported and at least 3,

As recovery efforts enter the fifth day in Nepal, hundreds have gathered across Australia to grieve the lives lost in this week's devastating floods.