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Nepal-China Flood Death Toll Hits 633, Nearly 3,000 Missing
(MENAFN) The death toll from catastrophic flash floods and landslides sweeping Nepal and China climbed to 633 on Saturday, with close to 3,000 people still unaccounted for, according to the latest tallies from officials and local media.
In Nepal, fatalities rose to 626, with 2,426 people still missing, the Kathmandu Post reported, citing the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Search crews continued pulling bodies from rivers swollen by the disaster.
Chitwan and Nawalparasi East have emerged as the worst-affected districts, while dozens more victims have been recovered in Gorkha, Dhading, and Nuwakot after the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers — major Himalayan waterways — burst their banks. Some bodies have washed up as far away as the Indian border.
Foreign nationals make up a significant share of those still missing. India reported 320 of its citizens unaccounted for in Nepal, the largest known bloc of missing foreigners. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal, briefing reporters Friday, put the missing figure at "320" as of that point in time, according to a ministry statement posted on X. He added that roughly 100 additional people of Indian origin who may hold other nationalities also remain out of contact. India has said dozens of its nationals have been rescued, including 63 workers from the Trishuli-1 hydropower project.
In China, seven people have died and 554 remain missing, the state-run news agency reported. Officials cautioned that the missing count could still shift as search teams reach people cut off by a communications blackout triggered when the floods knocked out electrical infrastructure.
Nepali authorities said 2,301 people have been rescued or treated for injuries, with most survivors found in the Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts. Police figures show 27 officers still out of contact, while 4,811 personnel have been deployed across the disaster zone to lead recovery efforts.
Nepal has since agreed to admit international search-and-rescue teams. An unnamed official told the Kathmandu Post that the government faced heavy international pressure to let in rescue teams and experts, since citizens of other countries were also among the missing.
Separately, the Independent Power Producers' Association said 934 people tied to 11 flood-damaged hydropower sites in Nepal remain unaccounted for, according to the news agency.
The International Red Cross estimated that roughly 93,000 people may have been affected overall, cautioning that assessments are still underway in hard-to-reach areas.
Both the death toll and the number of missing are expected to keep shifting as rescue teams push into isolated regions and authorities work to restore communications knocked out by the flooding.
In Nepal, fatalities rose to 626, with 2,426 people still missing, the Kathmandu Post reported, citing the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Search crews continued pulling bodies from rivers swollen by the disaster.
Chitwan and Nawalparasi East have emerged as the worst-affected districts, while dozens more victims have been recovered in Gorkha, Dhading, and Nuwakot after the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers — major Himalayan waterways — burst their banks. Some bodies have washed up as far away as the Indian border.
Foreign nationals make up a significant share of those still missing. India reported 320 of its citizens unaccounted for in Nepal, the largest known bloc of missing foreigners. Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal, briefing reporters Friday, put the missing figure at "320" as of that point in time, according to a ministry statement posted on X. He added that roughly 100 additional people of Indian origin who may hold other nationalities also remain out of contact. India has said dozens of its nationals have been rescued, including 63 workers from the Trishuli-1 hydropower project.
In China, seven people have died and 554 remain missing, the state-run news agency reported. Officials cautioned that the missing count could still shift as search teams reach people cut off by a communications blackout triggered when the floods knocked out electrical infrastructure.
Nepali authorities said 2,301 people have been rescued or treated for injuries, with most survivors found in the Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts. Police figures show 27 officers still out of contact, while 4,811 personnel have been deployed across the disaster zone to lead recovery efforts.
Nepal has since agreed to admit international search-and-rescue teams. An unnamed official told the Kathmandu Post that the government faced heavy international pressure to let in rescue teams and experts, since citizens of other countries were also among the missing.
Separately, the Independent Power Producers' Association said 934 people tied to 11 flood-damaged hydropower sites in Nepal remain unaccounted for, according to the news agency.
The International Red Cross estimated that roughly 93,000 people may have been affected overall, cautioning that assessments are still underway in hard-to-reach areas.
Both the death toll and the number of missing are expected to keep shifting as rescue teams push into isolated regions and authorities work to restore communications knocked out by the flooding.
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