Photos: Nepal issues alerts as region’s flash flood death toll nears 800
Nepal warns of more flooding as the death toll rises to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing in the region. Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed homes in Devighat, Nepal.
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- Fact 1: Nepal warns of more flooding as the death toll rises to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing in the region.
- Fact 2: The combined death toll in Nepal and China’s Tibet region has risen to nearly 800, with more than 3,000 people still missing.
- Fact 3: Nepal’s disaster agency said the death toll there had climbed to 734, with 2,498 people missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 people unaccounted for, including more than 100 Nepalis and others from over a dozen countries.
- Fact 4: As many as 93,000 people in Nepal have been affected by the disaster, according to the Red Cross.
Nepal warns of more flooding as the death toll rises to 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing in the region. Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed homes in Devighat, Nepal.
[Ezra Acayan/Getty Images] Authorities in Nepal have warned of further flooding, urging residents in inundated districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood alerts were sent to mobile phones on Sunday morning as rescue teams worked to clear a main highway linking Kathmandu with one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic flash flood. The combined death toll in Nepal and China’s Tibet region has risen to nearly 800, with more than 3,000 people still missing.
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