Rescuers are searching for 19 people missing in severe flooding in Nepal that swept away a key bridge connecting the country with China.

So far, 9 people killed as flood causes heavy damage to infrastructure in border area, Nepalese media reports - Anadolu Ajansı

At least nine people were killed and 20 others were missing after monsoon rains flooded a river in Nepal's Rasuwa district, sweeping away the "Friendship Bridge" that links the country to China.