The death toll from severe flooding along the China-Nepal border has risen above 1,000, with thousands of people still unaccounted for as rescue operations enter their seventh day.
According to The PUNCH, Nepal’s disaster management authorities said at least 987 people had died in the country, while Chinese state media reported 16 deaths in Tibet, bringing the combined toll from the disaster to 1,003.
In Nepal, the number of people still missing fell to 3,916, while rescue teams continued recovering bodies and searching affected communities.
China has reported 546 people missing, putting the overall number of missing persons across the two countries at 4,462.
Among those missing in Nepal are 583 foreign nationals from more than 30 countries. China has also reported 261 foreigners among those still unaccounted for, representing 23 nationalities.
Indian nationals and people of Indian origin make up a significant proportion of the missing. New Delhi said 275 Indian citizens and another 128 people of Indian origin were unaccounted for in Nepal.
The United States State Department reported that 85 American citizens were among those missing as of Sunday.
Other affected foreign nationals include 62 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 42 Australians and 33 Britons, according to reports from Nepal’s tourism authorities and diplomatic missions.
Meanwhile, authorities in Uttar Pradesh, India, said 17 bodies believed to be victims of the Nepal floods had been recovered from rivers flowing from Nepal.
Officials are working to establish the identities of the recovered bodies. The 17 deaths have not been added to the current official casualty figures.
Source: The PUNCH
