Nepal floods: Death toll reaches 1,003 across Nepal and China as 4,462 remain missing

KATHMANDU — Rescue operations have entered a seventh day after devastating floods struck the China-Nepal border, with the confirmed death toll climbing to 1,003 across Nepal and China and more than 4,400 people still missing.

Nepal’s disaster authority said Tuesday that 987 people had died in the country, while Chinese state media reported 16 deaths in Tibet.

The latest figures put the combined death toll from Wednesday’s disaster at 1,003.

In Nepal, the number of missing people has dropped to 3,916, even as rescue teams continue recovering bodies and searching affected areas.

China has reported another 546 missing people, bringing the overall number of missing persons in both countries to 4,462.

Hundreds of foreigners unaccounted for

The disaster has also affected foreign nationals, with 583 people from more than 30 nationalities listed as missing in Nepal.

China has reported 261 missing foreigners from 23 countries.

India accounts for one of the largest groups among the missing in Nepal. New Delhi said 275 Indian citizens and 128 people of Indian origin are still missing.

The United States has reported 85 missing American citizens, according to the State Department on Sunday.

Reports from Nepal’s tourism authorities and foreign embassies also listed 62 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 42 Australians and 33 British citizens among those unaccounted for.

17 bodies recovered in India

Across the border in India, authorities in Uttar Pradesh said 17 bodies had been recovered from rivers flowing from Nepal.

The victims are believed to have been caught up in the floods, but authorities are yet to identify them.

The recovered bodies have not been added to the official death toll as Indian authorities continue efforts to determine their identities and confirm whether they were victims of the Nepal floods.

With thousands still missing, rescue teams in Nepal and China continue search operations as authorities work to locate survivors and recover those who died in the disaster.

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