Nepal-China Border Floods Claim 1,375 Lives, Thousands Missing
According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, the official death toll from sudden floods and landslides along the Nepal-China border rose to 1,375 on Saturday, with 5,531 individuals remaining missing ten days after the catastrophic event, according to official data reported by Anatolia News Agency.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority stated that 1,344 people have lost their lives in the country, and an additional 5,000, including 589 foreign nationals, are still missing.
Chinese authorities reported that at least 31 people were killed in the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwestern China, with 531 others still missing.
Official figures from Nepal and China indicate that 850 of the total missing persons are foreign nationals.
The disaster began on August 26th when a glacier in Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal, situated at an altitude of approximately 5,200 meters, fractured. This fracture triggered a massive avalanche of ice and rocks, which subsequently transformed into a widespread flow of debris and mud, inundating valleys along the border.
The floods and landslides severely devastated areas in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and Kavre in Nepal, as well as the Kathmandu Valley. The disaster also buried the ‘Gyirong’ border crossing in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region under a massive volume of mud and debris.
