Nepal reports 626 dead and 2,426 missing after flash floods
Rescue teams in Nepal and Tibet are searching for thousands of people after floods swept through Himalayan villages and left hundreds dead.
Nepal said on Friday that flash floods and landslides in the Himalayan region had killed 626 people in the country, while 2,426 others were still unaccounted for. The disaster struck villages across Nepal and nearby Tibet after days of severe flooding.
Emergency crews were continuing search operations on Saturday, according to reports from the region, as they tried to reach communities cut off by damaged roads and washed-out terrain. The floods engulfed settlements and left rescuers facing difficult conditions in the mountains.
France 24 reported that the number of missing people rose to 2,426 on Friday as teams recovered more bodies. The figures indicate the scale of the disaster across the border region, where authorities were still assessing the full impact.
The flooding has become one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit the area in recent years, with recovery work still underway and the toll expected to change as search teams reach more remote locations.
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