Twenty-seven foreign tourists have been rescued from the flood-hit Timure and Bhotekoshi areas of Rasuwa following Wednesday’s devastating flash flood, according to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).
More than 1,500 pilgrims, most of them Indian nationals, have been stranded in Tibet while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar yatra after a massive flood in the Bhote Koshi River devastated Nepal-China border areas on August 26.
The number of Nepali and foreign nationals reported missing in the Rasuwa flash flood has risen to 644, according to the latest situation update issued by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) on Thursday.
As many as 484 tourists—391 foreign nationals and 93 Nepali citizens—remain unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Bhotekoshi River corridor in Rasuwa and Nuwakot on Wednesday morning.