'We Don't Know What's Going on': Family of Singaporeans Missing in Nepal-Tibet Disaster Pleads for Answers
Rescuers are searching for thousands after the Aug. 26 disaster, with the Red Cross saying as many as 93,000 people may have been affected.
- Rescuers in Nepal and China battled on Saturday, August 29, to locate thousands missing days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.
- The Red Cross reported the trauma of the August 26 catastrophe has been "enormous," with as many as 93,000 people potentially affected by the disaster.
- Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet said rescue teams used helicopters to reach tunnel entry points, bringing 350 workers and residents to safety despite challenging conditions.
- Authorities evacuated 555 stranded tourists and 499 Chinese residents from Tibet, while Nepal reported 626 deaths and 2,426 people currently out of contact.
- With 633 bodies recovered, the number of missing soared close to 3,000; authorities in India recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, indicating downstream impact.
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Surveillance is maintained over the natural dam formed by the accumulation of mud and rocks after the disaster.
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AskanewsThe risk of new floods is further complicated. On Friday the Nepalese authorities warned that some lakes formed as a result of the landslide that caused the flood could overflow, pouring more water into the valleys.
Missing in Nepal-China floods surges to nearly 3,000, over 630 dead
The number of people reported missing after catastrophic flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen sharply to nearly 3,000, while more than 630 have died, local authorities said Saturday.
Nepalese and Chinese rescuers continued their search for thousands of people on Saturday, days after a deadly, tsunami-like wave of water and debris hit the Himalayan region, burying villages.
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