Nepal’s Disaster Agency Says Death Toll in Flash Floods Climbs to 626 with 2,426 People Missing in the Country – WTOP News
Search teams continued along the Nepal-China border as poor weather and mud slowed operations, with more than 3,700 people rescued, officials said.
- On Saturday, the fourth day of search-and-rescue operations along the Nepal-China border, Nepal's disaster agency confirmed the death toll from flash floods has risen to 626, with 2,426 people remaining missing.
- Rescue efforts have continued around the clock since Wednesday's disaster, though Nepali Army spokesperson Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said poor weather forced helicopter operations to be put on hold Saturday.
- In Nuwakot, families anxiously await news as military personnel list the missing, while crews battle deep mud at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project, where authorities believe more than 100 people are trapped.
- China has separately reported seven deaths and 554 people missing in Tibet, while monitoring data shows a lake created by the glacier collapse has started to overflow, with water levels dropping 10 meters.
- More than 3,700 people have been rescued so far, though search teams continue working at several locations to find hundreds of missing individuals, including foreign workers and trekkers caught in the disaster zone.
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Nepal flash floods: Toll mounts to 669; rescuers race to find thousands missing as fresh flood threat looms - The Tribune
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 669 on Saturday, with bodies continuing to be recovered as search and rescue operations pressed ahead amid renewed rainfall, rising water levels and fears of further flooding in the Bhotekoshi River basin. Nearly 2,400 people remained missing, including at least 320 foreign nationals, while more […]
There is no world left: Nepal survivors confront devastation after deadly floods
Survivors were airlifted to safety as rescue teams battled bad weather and cleared debris after a devastating glacier-triggered flood hit Nepal’s Himalayan region bordering Tibet. At least 626 people have died in Nepal, with nearly 3,000 still missing, including hundreds of foreign nationals. Nepal now faces an estimated $4–5 billion reconstruction challenge.
Death Toll Reaches 669 in Nepal Flash Floods
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The death toll in the devastating Rasuwa Bhote Koshi flash floods has risen to 669 as of 4 PM on Saturday, according to updated data from the Nepal Police. World News | Death Toll Reaches 669 in Nepal Flash Floods.
Nepal's emergency management agency said on Saturday that the preliminary death toll from the devastating floods that swept through the north of the country on Wednesday, near the border with China, had risen to 675. A previous count had confirmed 633 deaths. Some 2,426 people remain missing in Nepal. As rescue efforts in the flood-ravaged areas entered their fourth day on Saturday, authorities continued to search for survivors and transport the…
626 killed, 2,426 missing in Nepal mudslide, govt agency says
A total of 626 bodies had been recovered from mudslide-hit areas in Nepal as of 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, according to the disaster authority.National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that 2,426 people were still missing
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