Nepal-Tibet Border Flood Recovers 22 Bodies as 384 People Remain Missing
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 26
Nepal-Tibet Border Flood Recovers 22 Bodies as 384 People Remain Missing
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 26
Summary
Twenty-two bodies have been recovered after the Bhotekoshi River flooded around 9 a.m. Wednesday along the Nepal-Tibet border, with hundreds of tourists and locals still missing.
Torrential water and mud destroyed villages, roads and hydropower projects, while dozens of multi-storied buildings, trucks and vans were buried in Nuwakot, one of the worst-hit districts.
Nepal has asked both India and China to help with rescue operations as high water complicates searches in the Himalayan border region.
Earlier official figures put the missing at 384 people — 291 foreigners and 93 Nepalis — including at least three Americans in Nepal's northern border area.