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Nepal-China Flood Disaster Death Toll Rises as Search Continues
(MENAFN) The death toll from flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rises to 1,362 on Saturday, while search teams continue efforts to locate 5,531 people still reported missing 10 days after the disaster, according to official figures.
Nepal records 1,331 deaths, while 5,000 people remain unaccounted for, including 589 foreign nationals, according to the country’s disaster management authorities. An earlier figure of 1,344 deaths is later adjusted following a review of the data.
On the Chinese side, authorities report at least 31 fatalities and 531 missing people in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, commonly known as Tibet.
Combined official figures from both countries indicate that 850 of those still missing are foreigners.
The disaster begins on Aug. 26 after a glacier on Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal fractures at an elevation of roughly 5,200 meters (17,060 feet). The break triggers a massive avalanche of ice and rock, which develops into a powerful debris flow and races through valleys along the border.
The resulting floods and landslides cause widespread destruction across Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as areas of the Kathmandu Valley.
On the Chinese side, the disaster also buries the Gyirong border crossing in Xizang, further disrupting the important border area as rescue and recovery operations continue.
Nepal records 1,331 deaths, while 5,000 people remain unaccounted for, including 589 foreign nationals, according to the country’s disaster management authorities. An earlier figure of 1,344 deaths is later adjusted following a review of the data.
On the Chinese side, authorities report at least 31 fatalities and 531 missing people in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, commonly known as Tibet.
Combined official figures from both countries indicate that 850 of those still missing are foreigners.
The disaster begins on Aug. 26 after a glacier on Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal fractures at an elevation of roughly 5,200 meters (17,060 feet). The break triggers a massive avalanche of ice and rock, which develops into a powerful debris flow and races through valleys along the border.
The resulting floods and landslides cause widespread destruction across Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as areas of the Kathmandu Valley.
On the Chinese side, the disaster also buries the Gyirong border crossing in Xizang, further disrupting the important border area as rescue and recovery operations continue.
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