Nepal flood death toll surpasses 1,000; thousands still missing

The death toll from a flash flood that hit northeastern Nepal nearly a week ago continued to rise on Tuesday to more than 1,000, officials said Tuesday.

Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Tuesday, taking overall deaths to more than 1,000. Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 people were killed in Tibet, bringing the total toll from Wednesday’s disaster to 1,003. The number of missing in