Rescuers Search for 19 Missing and Recover 9 Bodies After Flooding in Nepal
RASUWA DISTRICT, NEPAL, JUL 8 – At least eight dead and over 20 missing as flooding destroys key infrastructure including bridges and highways, disrupting cross-border trade and ongoing rescue efforts.
- On Tuesday, monsoon rains caused the Bhote Koshi River to flood, destroying the Friendship Bridge at Rasuwagadi and killing at least nine, with over 19 missing.
- Seasonal monsoon rains from June to September caused severe flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district, leading to bridge destruction and triggering Nepal's weather department to analyze the event with Sentinel Asia.
- Nepali security forces have rescued 55 people, including four Indians and one Chinese, with ongoing operations led by the Nepali Army to find the missing after floods swept away the border bridge.
- The flood destroyed the Friendship Bridge, halting China-Nepal trade, and damaged the customs yard and hydropower dam, disrupting regional infrastructure.
- Flooding caused by monsoon rains has damaged border infrastructure, halting trade and complicating relief efforts, with rerouting via India becoming the main logistical challenge.
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Nepal's authorities resumed the 19 search operations since the Bhotekoshi River was completed in the north of the country. The floods had already caused nine deaths in the region.
Eight killed, dozens missing in Nepal floods
At least eight people were killed and over two dozen were missing after the Bhote Koshi River flooded, washing away the "Friendship Bridge" that links China and Nepal, officials said on Tuesday. There had been no heavy rainfall in the immediate area of the river in the preceding 24 hours, but weather forecasting experts said the flood might have been the result of an overflowing glacial lake in Tibet, where torrential rain had fallen. Police had…
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