China warns of landslide after Nepal disaster
Authorities mount huge rescue effort as hundreds reported dead or missing
Nearly 1,500 individuals, comprising at least 800 foreigners, have gone missing across Nepal and China's Tibet following a massive mud and rockslide in a Himalayan river, triggering catastrophic floods in towns and valleys. Rescue teams in Nepal employed helicopters to scour for survivors and deliver emergency provisions to thousands isolated by Wednesday's disaster, which ravaged a rugged mountainous area frequented by trekkers and pilgrims connecting Lhasa in Tibet with Kathmandu, Nepal's capital.
Authorities anticipate the death toll to exceed 165, with police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle informing Reuters that more bodies are anticipated to be retrieved as the search resumes. Approximately 600 foreigners among the 826 people missing in Nepal were reported, including 177 from India, 63 from the United States, 34 from Australia, 33 from Britain, and 25 from Canada.
In Tibet's Gyirong county, the count of missing individuals reached 558, according to CCTV's Chinese state broadcaster.
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