"Today Is the Last Day": the Search for Hundreds of Missing People in Nepal Enters Critical Phase
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Nepal’s authorities doubled the number of missing persons on Friday, August 28, following the surprise riada that buried entire villages on the border with China. The search for at least 1,924 unmarked people, including hundreds of tourists, has become a race against time, as the window of life runs out to find survivors in the mud.
The situation in Nepal is becoming increasingly dramatic after catastrophic flash floods. According to the latest figures from the Nepalese police, at least 579 people have died, and the number of missing people has risen sharply to almost 2,500. More than 500 of them are foreign nationals. Thousands of police and soldiers are involved in rescue and search operations, which are being greatly hampered and interrupted by the weather, but some of t…
More than 500 foreigners are among the people missing after the flash floods in Nepal.
Two days after the devastating flood in the Himalayas, the number of deaths has risen to at least 584, at least 2482 people are still missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists. Meanwhile, a four-member German family was rescued according to AFP information.For fear of a new tidal wave from a newly created reservoir, search and rescue work on Friday was interrupted for hours, people were called to safety.In Nepal, the authorities reported 5…
Floods that occurred on the 26th in the Himalayas bordering Nepal and China's Tibet have resulted in approximately 3,000 casualties, including 584 deaths and 2,482 missing. 517 foreigners, including 9 South Koreans, remain out of contact, and authorities are conducting full-scale rescue and search operations.
The National Authority for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management of Nepal placed the number of missing persons, including 517 foreign persons, at 977.
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