Nepal floods death toll tops 900 as number of missing nearly doubles to more than 4,200 - NBC News
A catastrophic flood in Nepal, triggered by a glacier collapse, has resulted in over 900 deaths and more than 4,000 missing persons. International relief efforts are underway as the government struggles to reach devastated regions.
Why it matters
This is a major humanitarian crisis with significant international involvement and implications for climate-related disaster preparedness.
More than 900 people were killed by the devastating flooding in Nepal, officials in the South Asian country said Monday as the number of those listed as missing almost doubled to 4,247, including 592 foreign nationals. The government “has mobilized all available resources and efforts at its disposal for search, rescue, and relief and recovery operations,” a spokesperson for the Nepali Foreign Ministry told a news conference Monday, before thanking a number of countries, including Qatar, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, for helping out with relief efforts. “So far, 903 bodies have been recovered,” the spokesperson said, adding that 10,000 people had been rescued, including 323 foreign nationals. Separately, Nepal’s disaster agency said 4,247 people were missing as of 1 a.m. ET Monday. On Saturday, the country’s foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, put that figure at 2,400.
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