Monday, January 7, 2008

Nepal Disaster


In Nepal, a very large steel bridge has collapsed and nearly 400 people were on it. The bridge collapsed into the Behri River, which was 160 ft. below. The local police officers say that fifteen people died and several dozens of people had swam to the side but around 22 people were injured. Even though fifteen people died, the officers think more to come, because they fell into a white water rafting river. They expect to find more bodies because of the strong currant that they fell into. Canchu, the villige, is about 310 miles west from Nepals Capitol, Kathmandu . The police sent off two helicopters to search around that region to see if there were any survivors.

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