The authorities of Nepal raised the death toll to 788 this Sunday, a figure that, together with the 16 deaths reported by China, places the total number of fatalities on both sides of the border at 804 after the violent flood last Wednesday.
The latest Nepalese report – published by the Police on social media – maintains the previous figures of 239 injured and 2,502 missing.
On the Chinese side, the authorities report 546 people unaccounted for, leaving a combined total of 3,048 missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists, among them at least two Spaniards.
The Nepalese government, which reported having received hermetic body bags from international partners, emphasized that the figures for victims, missing persons, and damages remain subject to change as search and verification operations continue.
More than 19,800 Army and Police personnel have been deployed across the country to continue rescue operations on the fifth day, with the priority still being to locate thousands of people, especially in the hydroelectric plants that were buried and where more than 900 workers are feared trapped.
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Nepal states that it has already rescued a total of 8,730 people, including 279 by helicopter from the hydroelectric projects and 227 foreigners.
The bodies that have not been identified are stored in 21 hospitals across various districts, while burials of some of them have already begun due to body decomposition.
According to the latest report from the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management, the new natural dam formed by a landslide in the area affected by the flood has begun to drain naturally and is already “practically emptied” in southwestern Tibet.
