Nepal Flash Floods Death Toll Rises To 734, Nearly 2,500 Missing As Day 5 Rescue Operations Continue
Kathmandu: The death toll from the devastating flash floods that struck Nepal after a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border has risen to 734, according to the latest situation update released by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Nearly 2,500 people remain missing as search and rescue operations enter their fifth day. The disaster, which struck on…
Devastating floods near the border with China have claimed the lives of at least 734 people in Nepal, with 2,498 others still missing, as rescue efforts enter their fifth day, according to the country's disaster authority. Chinese state media had earlier reported 16 deaths and 546 missing in Tibet following the disaster that occurred on Wednesday.
The overall death toll has risen to 750, with 3,044 people still unaccounted for. The number of missing in Nepal has increased from the 2,426 recorded on Saturday evening, now including 589 foreigners – a rise from the 517 previously listed as out of contact. The flood victims consist of school benches and a teacher's chair buried in mud inside a classroom at Bageshwori Secondary School in Galchi, Nepal's Dhading district.
Additionally, 933 workers on hydropower projects along the river were washed away by the torrent. The disaster authority has rescued a total of 8,186 people, including 227 foreigners. In India, authorities have recovered seven bodies from rivers originating from Nepal, believed to be flood victims, although these are not included in the toll.
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