Rescue work intensifies as death toll in China-Nepal disaster approaches 1,000
- Rescuers from China and Nepal continued searching landslide- and flood-affected areas on Monday while efforts to reopen roads to the heart of the disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port entered a “critical stage”.
- The death toll in Nepal had risen to 903 as of 9am on Monday, with 4,247 people still missing, according to data released by the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.
- Chinese authorities on Sunday said the death toll on their side of the border had risen to 16, with 546 people still missing as of 6pm on Saturday, CCTV re
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- Rescuers from China and Nepal continued searching landslide- and flood-affected areas on Monday while efforts to reopen roads to the heart of the disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port entered a “critical stage”.
- The death toll in Nepal had risen to 903 as of 9am on Monday, with 4,247 people still missing, according to data released by the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.
- Chinese authorities on Sunday said the death toll on their side of the border had risen to 16, with 546 people still missing as of 6pm on Saturday, CCTV re
Sources: South China Morning Post