The death toll from catastrophic floods in Nepal and China has surpassed 1,000, while more than 4,400 people remain missing as rescue teams continue efforts to reach communities affected by the disaster.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said on Tuesday that 987 people had died in the country, while 3,916 others remained missing, including 583 foreigners.
Chinese authorities, in their latest update on Sunday, reported 16 deaths and 546 missing people, including 261 foreigners.
The disaster began on August 26 following a chain of events in the Himalayas. A glacial collapse sent huge amounts of rock, ice and meltwater into valleys, triggering powerful floods downstream across parts of Nepal and China.
Scientists analysing satellite images said the collapse appeared to have been caused by the failure of bedrock beneath a glacier.
Rescue operations are particularly focused on several hydropower projects in Nepal, where hundreds of workers are feared to be trapped inside tunnels damaged by the floods.
Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah said 279 workers had so far been rescued from hydropower projects. Authorities had initially estimated that more than 900 workers were missing.
More than 11,000 people have been rescued across the affected areas, while electricity and communication services have been restored in some locations.
Shah said thousands of people had lost their homes, relatives, loved ones and property, adding that the government would continue supporting affected communities during the recovery and rehabilitation process.
Road networks to Nuwakot, one of the worst-hit districts, have also been restored, allowing rescue teams to reach isolated communities and deliver emergency supplies.
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Police official Bipin Regmi said rescuers recovered 24 bodies from a house in Betrabati village in Nuwakot district as search operations expanded into previously inaccessible areas.
Prime Minister Shah said more than $42 million in aid had been received following the disaster, with further assistance expected.
India and China are also supporting Nepal’s rescue and relief operations, including efforts to construct Bailey bridges to reconnect remote areas cut off by the floods.
Images and videos from rescue teams showed heavy machinery digging through mud and rocks during nighttime searches. Soldiers also used torchlights while searching a large pit for possible access to a tunnel where workers were believed to be trapped.
Nepal has experienced rapid growth in hydropower development over the past two decades as the mountainous nation seeks to use its abundant Himalayan water resources to address domestic electricity shortages and expand electricity exports to neighbouring India.
Many hydropower projects require extensive tunnels to transport water through the mountainous terrain, making them particularly vulnerable to landslides, flooding and other hazards during extreme weather events.
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