Nepal Authorities Raise Number of Missing to More than 800 After Floods that Also Left More than 550 Missing in China – WTOP News
- Nearly 1,500 people, including at least 800 foreigners, are missing in Nepal and Tibet following a glacial collapse that caused a landslide and floods in the Himalayas.
- Rescue efforts involve more than 5,000 army and police personnel and helicopters to search for survivors and deliver emergency supplies.
- The U.S. Geological Survey identified the disaster as seismic energy from a glacial collapse, not an earthquake.
- China and Nepal have mobilized hundreds of emergency workers and resources to conduct urgent search and rescue efforts.
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Nepal-Tibet: More than 800 missing in Nepal as authorities say glacier collapse triggered flash flood
In neighbouring Tibet, officials say more than 500 are missing - it's not clear if that figure overlaps with Nepal's. In Nepal, at least 177 bodies have been found.
A day after a devastating flood washed away parts of Nepal and Tibet, official figures do not yet reflect the scale of the disaster. The registered death toll stands at 165 in Nepal, but no one believes that is an accurate representation of the actual number of victims. "This will still rise," a police spokesperson states emphatically. "The search continues now, and more bodies will be found." The number of missing persons is approaching 1,500…
Nepal authorities raise number of missing to more than 800 after floods that also left more than 550 missing in China – WTOP News
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Nepal authorities raise number of missing to more than 800 after floods that also left more than 550 missing in China.
The flood with devastating flooding in the Himalayas region destroyed at least 165 people on Wednesday. According to the authorities, more than 1300 people are missing in Nepal and China. There is no information about possibly affected people from Austria. Video footage shows water masses tearing houses with them and buildings sinking in the mud. Several highways are blocked. Helicopters and rescue teams of the Nepalese army are desperately look…
As massive floods struck the central-northern Himalayan mountain region of Nepal bordering China on the morning of the 26th, the number of missing persons tallied in the border area between Nepal and China's Tibet has approached 1,500. Nepalese police and Chinese state media stated on the 27th (local time) that more than 800 of the missing on both sides were foreigners alone. According to Reuters, the death toll in Nepal has been tallied at over…
A glacial collapse was the trigger of the devastating flood. Rescue forces continue to search for missing persons.
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