The number of deceased in Nepal due to the severe floods recorded on August 26 in a region bordering China, in the north of the country, has already exceeded 1,350 fatalities. This was confirmed on Monday by Nepalese authorities, who maintain around 5,000 as the count of missing persons, among them more than 580 foreign citizens.
The National Authority for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMA, for its acronym in English) has detailed in its most recent report that so far 1,355 deaths have been verified and has placed the total number of missing at 4,996, of which 589 are foreigners, while search operations continue in the affected area.
In the same way, the agency has emphasized that 6,672 people have required medical attention after being injured in the disaster, and that 13,396 have been rescued. More than 21,400 members of the Police, the Army, and the Armed Police Force remain deployed in the search and rescue efforts.
To these figures provided by Nepal are added at least 43 deceased and around 550 missing in Chinese territory, according to the authorities of the Asian country in their latest official count, in addition to three bodies recovered in India.