Intensive search under way for 9 Koreans missing in Nepal floods
A Korean disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to help bolster the ongoing intensive search for nine Koreans and other victims missing in massive floods and landslides, the foreign ministry said. The 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), comprising personnel from the ministry, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and fire authorities, arrived in Kathmandu earlier…
Korea's disaster relief team arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to aid the extensive search efforts for nine Koreans and others who are missing following devastating floods and landslides, according to the foreign ministry. Comprising 44 members from the ministry, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and fire authorities, the 44-member Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) touched down in Kathmandu via an Air Force KC-330 Cygnus multirole tanker transport aircraft.
The team is poised to collaborate with Nepali authorities and a dispatched government emergency response team on search-and-rescue operations for approximately 10 days, with the possibility of an extension contingent on site conditions, stated a ministry official. Equipped with five rescue dogs and state-of-the-art equipment, including high-resolution drones, sound and video devices for detecting buried victims, and thermal imaging detectors, the KDRT is poised to bolster Nepal's ongoing search efforts.
The nine Koreans were reported missing after massive floods struck Nepal's Rasuwa district on August 26.
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