AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Virginia family desperate for answers after Nepal border floods leave dozens of Americans missing
A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on […] The post Virginia family desperate for answers after Nepal border floods leave dozens of Americans missing appeared first on American Almanac .
A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal's border with Tibet at 8:35 a.m. local time on August 26, 2026. Roughly 35 minutes later, the collapse of a distant rock ledge and the massive glacier it supported sent a wall of floodwater and mud through the valley, CBS News reported . Every building at the checkpoint was swept away or buried. Goel had sent a photo to his family from the border crossing just minutes before the…Open