Nepal Flood Death Toll Surpasses 600, with More than 3,000 Missing, as Poor Weather Hampers Rescues
- On Saturday, Nepal's disaster agency reported the death toll from flash floods along the Nepal-China border rose to 626, with 2,426 people still missing as search-and-rescue operations entered their fourth day.
- Wednesday's disaster originated from a glacier collapse that formed a new lake in the Himalayan mountains, which began overflowing and prompted warnings of potential further inundation.
- Nepali Army spokesperson Gen. Raja Ram Basnet reported rescuers navigate 4 to 5 feet of mud, having successfully rescued more than 3,700 people despite challenging conditions.
- Families in the Nuwakot district gathered at relief centers to search lists of missing relatives, while aid trucks traveled from Kathmandu toward the hardest-hit areas.
- Monitoring data from the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources showed the lake size has dwindled, though poor weather hampered aerial search operations for the 554 people missing in Tibet.
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After the flood in Nepal and Tibet, rescue forces are still looking for 2,500 missing persons. The number of deaths is now over 600. But there is also positive news in the missions. By Lena Bodewein.
Nepal floods death toll climbs to 626, with 2,400 still missing as rescue efforts continue
The death toll from catastrophic flash floods and mudslides in Nepal rose to at least 626 on Saturday, as more than 2,400 people remained missing in the country, including around 90 Americans.
The cause of the huge floods and the flow of debris from the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has caused the death of at least 600 people by now, seems to have been an avalanche of ice – the result of the disengagement of a huge piece of...
The death toll from Nepal's floods has now reached 626, while almost 2,500 people are still listed as missing.
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