The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Nearly 3,000 people were still missing on Sunday after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border, while 682 deaths had been confirmed. Authorities warned that the figures could change amid the disorder following the disaster.

Nepal’s disaster agency reported 2,426 people missing on its side of the border. China’s Xinhua news agency reported 554 missing in Tibet, where seven deaths had been confirmed. Nepal’s agency had separately listed 675 deaths, bringing the combined death toll to at least 682.

The number of missing foreign nationals differed by source. Nepal’s disaster agency said 517 foreigners remained missing, while Chinese officials put the figure at 260. Nepal Tourism Board figures listed 622 missing people, including 149 Nepali tourists, 98 Indians, 90 Americans, 61 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 42 Australians, 33 Britons, 29 Latvians, 25 Canadians and nine South Korean tourists. The board also reported that some foreign nationals had been rescued.

Chinese officials said nearly 100 Chinese nationals were missing in Nepal, while the tourism board listed eight missing and 16 rescued. The US State Department reported 90 Americans missing and three rescued, with no known US fatalities. Ukraine’s embassy said it had lost contact with 62 citizens, while the tourism board listed 61 missing. Canada’s foreign ministry put the number of Canadians missing in Nepal and Tibet at 30, compared with the tourism board’s figure of 25.