NUWAKOT, Nepal (AFP) — Rescue teams rushed Thursday to find hundreds of people missing, including an Israeli, on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 165 and swept away entire villages.

A terrifying clip of surveillance video from the Chinese side of the frontier shows a massive wall of mud and debris crashing over a building several stories high on Wednesday morning, engulfing it as dozens of people ran for their lives below. The surge swept away buses and cars like they were toys.

Many of the missing are foreign tourists, officials said of the disaster, which the US Geological Survey said was caused by a glacial collapse that sent a flow of debris engulfing areas along the way.

According to the Ynet news site, the Israeli citizen reported missing is around 60 years old and crossed the border from Tibet the morning of the flood.

His condition and whereabouts remain unknown.

The tsunami-like rumble of water and mud struck villages and towns on the path of two rivers — Bhote Koshi and Trishuli, with Nepali police saying they had recovered 162 bodies.

Across the border, the Chinese state broadcaster said a “mudslide disaster” at the Gyirong Port in Tibet claimed three lives while 558 people were still missing.

Nepali Raju Bhadel, 56, recounted receiving a call from his brother-in-law in distress.

“They were crying and said their entire house had been swept away. Three family members were rescued, but his brother is still missing,” he said.

Rescuers waded through mud and sludge to look for survivors after floodwaters buried the lower floors of multi-storey buildings.

Some 468 tourists — including 393 foreigners — were unaccounted for 24 hours after the disaster struck, according to Nepal’s tourism ministry.

The missing foreigners included 142 Indians, and........

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