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Nepal-Tibet Flash Flood Live Updates: Death Toll Rises to 469, Police Say; Debris-Clogged River at Risk of Flooding Again
Nepal police have said that the death toll from Wednesday’s flash flood now stands at 469.
TL;DR
- The death toll from a flash flood in Nepal has climbed to 469, with over 1,300 people reported missing.
- Hundreds of foreign tourists from India, the US, Britain, Australia, and Canada are among the missing.
- Destruction of dozens of bridges and 40km of roads has severely complicated search and recovery efforts.
- An artificial lake formed by flood debris on the China-Nepal border is at high risk of breaching, potentially causing further downstream flooding.
- Nepal's disaster authority has also warned of rising water levels in another debris-clogged lake, posing a risk of bursting its banks.
- Rescuers have evacuated stranded tourists, and military helicopters are involved in the search.
- The Red Cross has launched an emergency appeal for $31 million to support relief operations, and the UN has released $2 million from its emergency fund.
- Rescuers have found bodies downstream, and the Nepal Red Cross Society has shifted its focus to large-scale relief operations.