THIMPU, Bhutan: At least a dozen people have been killed in Bhutan and Nepal and several others are missing as torrential monsoon rains hit the region, triggering landslides and inundating homes, officials said on Thursday. The annual monsoon season is crucial to replenish water supplies across South Asia, but it also causes death and destruction.
Ten collectors of cordyceps -- a fungus valued for its alleged aphrodisiac properties -- died when their remote mountain camp north of Bhutan’s capital Thimpu was washed away early Wednesday.
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