Rescue helicopters braved treacherous mountain terrain today, plucking stranded survivors from catastrophic floods that have claimed hundreds of lives across Nepal and neighboring Tibet.

Officials report over 1,400 people remain missing after relentless downpours triggered violent torrents of mud, obliterating remote mountain settlements in minutes. Traumatized survivors described devastating scenes of homes and families swept away by the sudden deluge.

Emergency teams continue desperate search-and-rescue operations across isolated Himalayan valleys, battling severed transit routes and severe weather.