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Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake. Rescuers have resumed efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pause over fears of a second glacial flood, as the death toll rose to 633 and the number of people missing neared 3,000. Nepal’s police said the number of people killed in the disaster has risen to 626 on Saturday. The country’s disaster authority reported the total number of people missing on its side of the border to 2,426, of which 517 are foreigners – which could include tourists as well as foreign workers. Chinese authorities have reported that the death toll in Tibet has risen to at least seven, with 554 people missing.
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Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake. Rescuers are continuing efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pause over fears of a second glacial flood. Nepal’s police said the number of people killed in the disaster has risen to 626, with the country’s disaster authority reporting at least 1,924 people missing. Chinese authorities have reported that the death toll in Tibet has now risen to at least seven, with 558 people missing. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez, reporting from the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, said the government has requested specialist help from India and China to “fill gaps” in its rescue operations.
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Rescue operations have resumed after a brief pause, but experts caution of danger from a newly formed lake. Rescuers have resumed efforts in the flood-ravaged Nepal-Tibet border region after a brief pause over fears of a second glacial flood, as the death toll rose to 633 and the number of people missing neared 3,000. Nepal’s police said the number of people killed in the disaster has risen to 626 on Saturday. The country’s disaster authority reported the total number of people missing on its side of the border to 2,426, of which 517 are foreigners – which could include tourists as well as foreign workers. Chinese authorities have reported that the death toll in Tibet has risen to at least seven, with 554 people missing.
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