THE number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and China exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers searched for survivors.
Nepal says there are 2,502 people, including 592 foreigners, who are out of contact in the country. It reported an updated death toll of 752 people on Sunday. Tibet, an autonomous region of China, was largely inaccessible to foreign journalists, preventing independent reporting on the scale of the disaster.
China’s state broadcaster CCTV said on Sunday that 546 people were missing and 16 people had been killed. Of those missing, 261 were foreign nationals, it said. More than 100 workers are believed to be trapped inside multiple hydropower tunnels. The Nepali army inserted a pipe into one of the tunnels at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site late on Saturday and started sending air through it.
The energy ministry said on Sunday that rescue teams had drilled, dug and used explosives to open four holes into the tunnel before rescuers descended by rope. They are now working to ascertain the “condition, location, and safety status of the people trapped inside”, the ministry said.
AFP
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