9 Dead, 384 Missing Including 291 Foreigners in Nepal Floods

A massive flood in the mountainous north-central region of Nepal has left nine people dead and about 380 travelers missing, including roughly 290 foreigners.

Among them, eight South Koreans have lost contact, while another 10 South Koreans remain isolated.

According to Reuters and other reports, heavy rainfall triggered a massive flood in the Bagmati Province of north-central Nepal on the 26th local time.

The Nepal Tourism Board stated that the disaster resulted in nine deaths and 384 missing travelers, including 291 foreigners.

It added that the missing foreigners include 105 Indian nationals.

The accident site is located about 120 kilometers north of the capital, Kathmandu, near the border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the Himalayas.

South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that eight South Korean employees belonging to Korea South-East Power and Doosan Enerbility, who were working on constructing a hydroelectric power plant in the Rasuwa district of Bagmati Province, Nepal, have lost contact due to the flood.

Another 10 South Koreans from Doosan Enerbility are also isolated locally and awaiting rescue, while the Nepali government has deployed helicopters to the accident scene.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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