Rescuers race to find thousands missing after deadly Himalayan floods

Rescuers race to find thousands missing after deadly Himalayan floods Rescue crews are struggling through blocked roads, high mountain canyons and dangerous terrain as they search for thousands of people missing in Nepal and Tibet. Transcript JOEL ROSE, HOST: Rescue teams in both Nepal and China are racing against the clock to find survivors after deadly floods along the border Wednesday. At least 600 are dead and nearly 3,000 are missing, including dozens of Americans, according to authorities in both countries. The flood happened after a massive chunk of ice apparently separated from a glacier, sending waves of mud, ice and water gushing down the Himalayas. We begin our coverage with NPR's Jennifer Pak in Beijing.JENNIFER PAK, BYLINE: Most of the roads and bridges to the worst-hit area, the Gyirong Rasuwa border checkpoint, have been cut off to rescuers. Though a Chinese team has gotten close on foot by trekking overnight, says Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reporter Zhang Congjing (ph), who accompanied them and filed this video report.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)ZHANG CONGJING: (Non-English language spoken).PAK: "The cliff I'm standing on is almost a 90-degree drop," she sa...