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Death Toll Rises to 31 in China's Tibet Region, 531 Missing After Floods


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The death toll in China's Tibet (Xizang) region from massive floods and debris flows in the Himalayan mountainous area along the Nepal-China border has risen to 31.

According to Xinhua News Agency on Thursday (September 4), as of 6:00 p.m. on September 3, local time, the death toll on the Chinese side was tallied at 31, with 531 people still missing.

The missing individuals include foreign nationals from 23 countries, such as Nepal, India, Latvia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

In China's previous announcement on August 30 (based on data as of 6:00 p.m. on August 29, which reported 16 deaths and 546 missing), the number of missing foreign nationals was 261.

There are no South Korean nationals among the missing in the Tibet region.

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