At Least 359 Dead, Over 900 Missing after Flash Flood in Nepal
[International] : At least 359 people are dead and more than 900 others missing following a flash flood that struck the north-central Himalayan mountain region near the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday. Foreign media outlets say that the Nepali police had placed the death toll at 359 and the tally for injuries at 73 as of ... [more...]
At least 359 people are dead and over 900 others missing following a flash flood in the north-central Himalayan mountain region near the Nepal-Tibet border. According to KBS World Radio, the Nepali police had placed the death toll at 359 and the tally for injuries at 73.
The Indian Express reports a higher death toll of at least 389, with close to 1,500 people still missing. Many of those unaccounted for are foreign trekkers, tour groups, and pilgrims who were in the region when the disaster struck.
The disaster is described by The Indian Express as a glacial-lake-triggered flash flood and landslide disaster. The Indian Embassy in Nepal has issued updated emergency helpline numbers for people seeking assistance.
Brief written by urgent.news from KBS World Radio, The Indian Express — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
