Death toll from floods on Nepal-China border exceeds 1,300
The death toll from flash floods and landslides on the border between Nepal and China has reached 1,308. Another 5,624 people remain missing nine days after the disaster that occurred on August 26.
Data from Nepal and China
According to Anadolu Agency, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported 1,287 deaths and 5,083 missing people. Among those missing in Nepal are 583 foreign nationals.
Chinese authorities reported at least 21 deaths and 541 missing people in the Xizang Autonomous Region in southwestern China, also known as Tibet. According to official data, 844 foreign nationals are among those missing on both sides of the Himalayan border.
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Course of the disaster
The disaster began on August 26 after a glacier on Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal split at an altitude of about 5,200 meters. This triggered an ice-rock avalanche that turned into a massive debris flow and moved through valleys along the border.
The floods and landslides caused destruction in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as in the Kathmandu Valley. At least six hydropower facilities were affected on the Nepalese side; searches continue for about 900 people involved in work at these facilities. Nepalese rescuers also saved two people from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project. In Tibet, the disaster buried the Gyirong border checkpoint.
