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One month after deadly Nepal flood, Georgia couple grapples with why they made it home

The tour company says none of the missing families or seven guides from the 47-person group have been found.

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Mita and Hemant Parikh decided to split from their group and take a side trip during their long-planned pilgrimage. They're now safely back home, but none of the families they were traveling with have been found.

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A month after devastating floods hit Nepal, a Georgian couple returned home, but the people they were traveling with are still missing. Mita and Hemant Parikh were part of a group of 47 people on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a trip the couple had been planning for 15 years. The 47-person group they were traveling with included families from all over the world, including the United States and Australia, a mother and daughter, and seve…

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A couple from Georgia escaped the devastating flood that hit the region between Nepal and Tibet after making a last-minute decision: leaving the pilgrimage group and taking a separate trip to Lhasa and the Everest Base Camp. Mita and Hemant Parikh, residents of Suwanee, were among the 47 travelers who were taking part in a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet at the end of August. The other members of the group, in addition to seven guides, are …

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CBS News broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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