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American Woman Missing After Nepal Floods, Family Seeks Help
Mary Sorensen is a 60-year-old American woman who was traveling in a pilgrimage group.
She was returning from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra when a large flash flood struck the border area.
The flood reportedly happened after a glacier collapsed higher in the mountains.
Mary was last seen at an immigration facility in Gyirong, Tibet, on August 26.
After the flood, roads, phones, and internet connections were badly disrupted.
Her family has not been able to reach her.
They are asking rescue workers and officials to search emergency lists and shelters.
Anyone with information is asked to contact her son, Riley Wildeman.
Sixty-year-old American citizen Mary Sorensen is missing after flash floods affected the Nepal-Tibet border region.
Sorensen was last seen at the Gyirong Immigration Facility in Tibet around 9 a.m. on August 26.
Her group was returning from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and traveling toward Kathmandu.
The flood reportedly followed a glacier collapse, destroying the Gyirong border checkpoint and disrupting power and phone networks.
Her family is asking authorities, rescue teams, and people near Gyirong and Rasuwa to check emergency and shelter records.
- Who
- Mary Sorensen, a 60-year-old American citizen traveling with the Isha Sacred Walks Group S3.
- What
- She has been missing since a flash flood struck the Nepal-Tibet border region.
- Where
- She was last seen at the Gyirong Immigration Facility in Tibet; the family is also seeking information from the Gyirong, Timure, Syabrubesi, and Rasuwa areas.
- When
- She was last seen around 9 a.m. on August 26.
- Why
- Her family lost contact with her after the flood disrupted infrastructure, power, phone, and internet networks.
Key facts
- Missing person
- Mary Sorensen, age 60
- Nationality
- American
- Last known sighting
- Gyirong Immigration Facility, Tibet
- Last seen
- Around 9 a.m. on August 26
- Travel group
- Isha Sacred Walks, Group S3
- Tour operator
- Trekkers Societies
- Family contact
- Riley Wildeman; phone/WhatsApp: +1 770-778-8072; email: [email protected]
Sources
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