Nepal-Tibet flood: Thousands still missing as flood relief and recovery intensifies
Massive flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have left over 1,200 dead and thousands missing, prompting intensive international relief efforts. Rescue operations are complicated by difficult terrain and the need to clear debris from critical border crossings.
Why it matters
Represents a major humanitarian disaster requiring significant cross-border cooperation and disaster management resources.
Nepal is intensifying relief and recovery operations following the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border a week ago, the UN says, even as rescuers scramble to reach anyone who may be alive.
For thousands, the priority is delivering aid, recovering loved ones, tracing missing relatives and reunifying separated children, the UN secretary-general's spokesman said.
At least 1,200 people have died in Nepal and more than 4,200 more are missing, according to Nepal's disaster agency. On the Tibetan side, the death toll is 21, with more than 540 people unaccounted for, Chinese state media report.
Efforts are continuing to rescue workers, potentially in the hundreds, believed to be trapped in Nepalese hydropower tunnels.
Image source, Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Scenes of devastation in Nepal's Nuwakot district
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