China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
China mobilized more than 2,100 rescue workers and allocated 220 million yuan as the disaster left 16 dead in Tibet and 261 foreigners missing.
- On August 30, China reported 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries missing on the Tibetan side of the Gyirong border crossing following a mudslide, with the death toll in Tibet reaching 16 people.
- Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported the disaster was "caused by glacier instability under the long-term effects of global warming," identifying it as a "new and prominent feature of cryosphere disasters" on the Tibetan plateau.
- Nepal's disaster authority reported at least 675 killed, 2,498 missing, and 7,514 rescued; China mobilized over 2,100 rescue workers and allocated at least 220 million yuan in relief aid.
- Officials from the Tibet Autonomous Region stated 104 Nepalese, 49 Indian, 33 Latvian, 18 American, and 15 British citizens are unaccounted for; Beijing has notified foreign missions to coordinate identification efforts.
- Foreign Minister Wang Yi called the event their "most severe cross-border disaster" in recent years, with over 90,000 people estimated affected and rescue operations facing unprecedented complexity amid unstable conditions.
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With 260 foreigners from 23 countries believed to be among the missing, the rescue operations under way at the Tibet-Nepal borders are a lot more than an internal China issue.
China Says 261 foreigners from 23 countries are missing in Tibet flood
More than 260 foreign citizens from 23 countries are among the hundreds of people missing in Tibet after last week’s devastating flood, Chinese authorities said Sunday, offering their most detailed accounting yet of those caught in the disaster on their side of the border. The post China Says 261 foreigners from 23 countries are missing in Tibet flood appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
Chinese rescue teams are racing to find those missing after a mudslide at the Jirong border crossing in Tibet, following a glacier collapse from the Nepalese side that killed 16 people and left 546 missing.
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