Number of Missing Persons Jumps by Nearly 350 in a Day... 165 Bodies Recovered

On the 27th, local time, the second day after massive floods struck the Himalayan mountainous region of Nepal near the Chinese border, the number of missing persons surged to approximately 820.

Local Nepali media outlet Online Khabar and Reuters reported that the Nepalese police announced that 826 people are missing following the massive floods that struck areas in the northern Bagmati Province yesterday (the 26th), local time.

The number of missing persons, which was once counted at 484 yesterday, increased by nearly 350 over the course of a day as reports continued to pour in.

Among the total missing persons, about 600 are foreigners, and over 200 are Nepalese nationals.

The missing foreigners are reportedly from about 28 countries, including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, Italy, and Ukraine.

Nine South Koreans belonging to Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility, who were constructing a hydroelectric power plant in the region, also remain out of contact.

A joint government rapid response team consisting of South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korean National Police Agency, and National Fire Agency departed from Incheon International Airport and headed for Kathmandu, Nepal.

As search operations continued, the death toll, which stood at 157 until yesterday, rose by 8 more, with Nepalese police recovering 165 bodies.

Abhi Narayan Kafle, a spokesperson for the Nepalese police, said, "We have resumed the search and expect more bodies to be recovered," adding, "The death toll is also expected to rise."

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority of Nepal stated that 80 bridges and 40 kilometers of roads were damaged, and 83 security personnel, including local police and soldiers, are missing.

In Gyirong County, Xigaze, China's Tibet Autonomous Region, near the Nepal border, a landslide believed to be related to the cause of these floods also occurred, leaving 3 people dead and 558 missing.

Among these missing persons, 260 are foreigners.

Combined, the number of missing persons in Nepal and Tibet exceeds 1,300.

It has been suggested that these floods may have been caused by the collapse of massive amounts of glaciers and rocks due to climate change in the Himalayas driven by global warming.
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