At least 903 people have died in the devastating floods that struck Nepal near its border with China, while 4,247 people remain missing, according to the country’s disaster authority.
Rescue operations have entered their sixth day as authorities continue searching for survivors and those still unaccounted for.
The missing include 592 foreigners and 933 workers involved in hydropower projects along the affected river. Security personnel and customs and immigration officials are also among those missing.
The number of missing people has risen sharply in Nuwakot district, where 1,158 people are now unaccounted for. Another 562 are missing in Rasuwa district.
In neighbouring Tibet, Chinese authorities have reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, bringing the combined death toll from the disaster to 919.
Meanwhile, 17 bodies recovered from rivers in India’s Uttar Pradesh are believed to be flood victims from Nepal. Authorities are working to identify them, and the bodies have not been included in the official toll.
