The death toll from last month’s flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to 1,403 in Nepal, authorities said Wednesday.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 13,742 people have been rescued, while 6,150 remain missing, including 587 foreigners.
On the Chinese side, authorities have reported 43 deaths and 519 people missing, including 261 foreigners in Tibet, officially designated by Beijing as the Xizang Autonomous Region.
The disaster struck on Aug. 26 after a glacier on Nepal’s Mount Langtang Lirung fractured at an altitude of about 5,200 meters.
The collapse triggered an ice-and-rock avalanche that developed into a massive debris flow, sweeping through valleys along the Nepal-China border.
Floodwaters and mudslides severely affected Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as parts of the Kathmandu Valley.
The disaster also buried the Gyirong border crossing in Xizang.
