Traveloasisspot.com – A catastrophic wall of muddy water tore through the Rasuwa corridor on Wednesday morning, killing at least 95 people in the first confirmed toll and sweeping away hundreds of travellers, pilgrims, and residents in one of the deadliest natural disasters to strike the Himalayan region in recent years. By Wednesday evening, Nepal police confirmed that 157 bodies had been recovered and more than 40 survivors were receiving hospital treatment, while the official missing count climbed from 384 to 403.

The Rasuwa district sits in Nepal’s northwestern highlands, directly adjacent to China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Rivers that normally thread quietly through the valley swelled beyond their banks within minutes, depositing thick layers of silt and debris across populated settlements. Houses were buried under metres of mud, and bridges spanning the waterways were simply washed away, severing escape routes for anyone caught downstream.…