Death Toll from Catastrophic Floods in Nepal and China Exceeds 1,000, with Thousands Missing

The death toll from catastrophic floods that swept through the Himalayan mountainous region along the Nepal-China border has surpassed 1,000.

According to AFP and AP news agencies, the Nepal Disaster Management Authority announced that the death toll from the floods in Nepal has risen to 987.

Combined with 16 deaths reported on the Chinese side, the total death toll stands at 1,003.

The number of missing persons has risen to a total of 4,462, including 3,916 in Nepal (comprising 583 foreigners) and 546 in China (comprising 261 foreigners).

According to Nepalese authorities, at least 11,000 people had been rescued as of the 1st (local time).

Rescue workers are using helicopters and other means to access areas isolated by roads and bridges destroyed by floods and landslides, carrying out search and rescue operations.

Authorities explained that as temporary bridges are constructed and roads are restored, isolated areas are gradually decreasing, which in turn is increasing the scale of casualties captured in official figures.

Rescue authorities are particularly focusing on locating about 900 missing people across 12 hydroelectric power plants.

It is estimated that roughly 500 to 600 of them are trapped inside tunnels at various power plants.

In a social media post late last night, Nepalese Prime Balendra Shah said that rescue teams have so far rescued 279 employees from the power plant sites.

At the request of the Nepalese government, the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) of the South Korean government will also depart for the site tonight.

They plan to join forces with the existing government-joint rapid response team to conduct search and rescue operations using various equipment, including high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), acoustic and visual detectors for buried victims, and thermal imaging cameras.

The rapid response team also conducted joint searches with the Nepalese military in the affected areas this morning, but did not find any missing persons.
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