Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 750, officials say, more than 3,000 missing
Latest update from The Guardian World: Combined toll of more than 750 dead and 3,000 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after devastating flood ‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept through the Himalayan border zone, engulfing entire villages. At least 90 Americans were still among the missing as of Friday. LONDON -- The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 750 people as of Sunday, according to the latest updates from Nepali and Chinese officials. At least 734 bodies had been recovered in Nepal as of Sunday, the Nepal National Disaster Management Authority said in a post to X. At least 2,498 people are still missing, the authority said. On the other side of the border, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said that at least 16 people had been confirmed killed.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: Combined toll of more than 750 dead and 3,000 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after devastating flood ‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospital Rescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept through the Himalayan border zone, engulfing entire villages. At least 90 Americans were still among the missing as of Friday. LONDON -- The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 750 people as of Sunday, according to the latest updates from Nepali and Chinese officials. At least 734 bodies had been recovered in Nepal as of Sunday, the Nepal National Disaster Management Authority said in a post to X. At least 2,498 people are still missing, the authority said. On the other side of the border, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said that at least 16 people had been confirmed killed.