Nepal recovers first body from buses swept away by landslide

Nepali rescue teams on Saturday recovered the first body from around 50 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river.

Dozens of rescuers spent hours struggling to comb the raging Trishuli River with rafts, sensor equipment and dive teams to find any trace of the passengers or the vehicles.

Fierce currents made worse by this week's torrential downpours have hampered their efforts so far. The accident happened before dawn on Friday along the Narayanghat-Mugling highway, around 100 kilometers west of Kathmandu.