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Nepal flood death toll surpasses 600, with more than 3,000 missing, as poor weather hampers rescues
CBS News • • general
Key Points:
- The death toll from flash floods in Nepal and along the China border has surpassed 600, with about 3,000 people still missing as rescue efforts continue amid poor weather conditions hampering aerial operations.
- Rescuers are focusing on a tunnel at a hydropower site in Nepal's Rasuwa district where over 100 people are believed trapped under several feet of mud, complicating extraction efforts.
- Authorities have warned of further flooding risks from a newly formed upstream lake, leading to temporary relocation of rescue teams and evacuation advisories for nearby populations.
- The floods were triggered by a massive rockfall and glacier collapse in the Himalayan region, an event registering as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event, linked to rapid warming and environmental changes in the Hindu Kush Himalayan area.
- Among the missing are around 90 Americans, including 22 from a pilgrimage group organized by the Isha Foundation; the U.S. government is providing aid and coordinating with Nepal to assist affected people.
