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Death toll in Nepal floods tops 900, as number of missing nearly doubles to over 4,200
NBC News • • world
Key Points:
- The death toll from last week’s flooding in Nepal has risen to 903, with 4,247 people reported missing, including 592 foreign nationals, according to Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
- Approximately 85 Americans remain unaccounted for, as stated by U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
- The flooding was caused by a glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border, which has devastated communities and affected over 90,000 people, with more than 10,400 rescued so far.
- Morgues are overwhelmed, and many recovered bodies are unrecognizable; China has reported 16 deaths and 546 missing in its Tibet region, complicating the overall casualty figures.
- A landslide-dammed lake near the border is overflowing, posing additional risks, while ongoing heavy rains in Nepal are raising river levels and prompting new warnings for residents along waterways.
