Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods: Death Toll Rises to 392; over 1,400 Missing Amid Fresh Flood Threat
Rescuers are still searching for missing people as damaged roads and washed-out bridges slow recovery efforts and foreign tourists are airlifted to Kathmandu.
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A race against time continues in Nepal as rescuers try to reach areas where survivors might be alive after a devastating flash flood. The latest figures show 359 deaths and over 1,000 missing in Nepal, while over 600 are missing in China. Search and rescue operations are focused on finding survivors and delivering water and food to mountainous areas that have been virtually cut off from the rest of the world.
Nepal-Tibet flash floods: Toll surges to 392; nearly 1,500 missing as fresh flood threat looms - The Tribune
A fresh flood threat persists downstream after a new barrier lake forms near the source of the Bhote Koshi river system, with authorities warning that a possible breach can trigger another surge in the river and downstream areas
After the devastating flood of the Himalayas, the number of victims in Nepal continues to rise. By Thursday afternoon, 389 people had been registered, the Nepalese police declared. The Chinese authorities have confirmed three deaths in the Tibet region so far, causing at least 392 deaths in both countries. Hundreds more people are still missing, [...]
On Thursday, the authorities of Nepal raised to 389 those killed and 910 those disappeared by the massive flood that impacted the district of Rasuwa, in the north of the country, on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region (Southeastern China), the latest report released by the Nepalese Police, to which are added the three deaths and 558 uncontacted people from the Chinese side.
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