Search for 51 bus passengers and crew resumes in Nepal

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Authorities said rescuers resumed their search for the 51 missing bus passengers and crew on Saturday (July 13). A landslide swept two buses into a river swollen by heavy rain on Friday morning.

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00:00Rescuers continued their search on Saturday for some 50 people who went missing after
00:08a landslide swept their buses into the Trishuli River in Nepal.
00:13They said the chances of finding any survivors were diminishing.
00:16They said they had only found a curtain from one of the bus windows and trousers.
00:22At least three bus passengers jumped off the two buses before the landslide struck and
00:27they survived the tragedy with minor injuries.
00:54Seven Indian nationals are among the missing passengers.
00:58The incident happened before dawn on Friday along the Narayanghat Mugling Highway.
01:03One of the two buses was heading from Kathmandu to Gaur, while the other en route to Kathmandu
01:08from Birgunj.
01:10Landslides and floods, triggered by torrential monsoon rain since the middle of June, have
01:15killed at least 91 people in Nepal.
01:17Following the landslide, the government announced plans to ban buses from travelling at night
01:22in places with poor weather forecasting facilities.

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