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Rescuers Pull Survivor From Mud In Hydropower Tunnel | AP
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00:00Rescuers have pulled survivors caked in dark mud and helicopters lifted stranded people
00:05to safety after catastrophic floods on the Nepal-China border.
00:08Both countries raced to respond after the flood killed over 470 people and left over
00:141,500 missing.
00:39Nepal authorities said the country's death toll had risen.
00:42Injured people were taken to hospitals and helicopters carried more than 3,000 people
00:46to safety.
00:47In contrast, on the Chinese side, there was little news on survivors as state media showed
00:52evacuations of villages and leaders' efforts to direct relief efforts.
00:55Both sides were concerned about more flooding and told rescuers to stay on high alert.
01:01Nepal police issued a new alert Friday after receiving information that a dam in Tibet had
01:06burst.
01:06It is unclear if the dam is related to the flooding concern from a barrier lake that formed after
01:11the initial flash floods high on the Chinese side of the Himalayan mountains.
01:15Nepali and Chinese authorities earlier warned of more flooding from a barrier lake that formed
01:20after Wednesday's disaster and was already overflowing.
01:23They urged people in potentially-affected areas to move to safer ground.

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