Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal and China flood tops 3,000

Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044, with a further 750 confirmed deaths.

Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044 , with a further 750 confirmed deaths -- and reports of some bodies possibly swept downstream as far away as India.

BIDUR (NEPAL) - Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.

In a breakthrough late Saturday, the Nepali army was able to insert a pipe into a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site where over 100 workers may still be alive. The US Geological Survey said a glacial collapse was behind the deadly torrent on Wednesday at the Nepal-Tibet border that has so far claimed at least

In a breakthrough late Saturday, the Nepali army was able to insert a pipe into a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site where over 100 workers may still be alive. The US Geological Survey said a glacial collapse was behind the deadly torrent on Wednesday at the Nepal-Tibet border that has so far claimed at least

The overall death toll in Nepal and China has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people missing.

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said some 2,426 people are still missing.

Rescuers claw through mud as Nepal, China flood missing toll nears 3,000  Dawn

Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll tops 500  Arab News

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China ra

Rescuers Retrieve Flood Survivors Caked In Mud As Death Toll In Nepal-China Border Disaster Climbs  HuffPost

The floods have killed 579 in Nepal, the country’s disaster-management authority said Friday

Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing. The rescue efforts included a team that rappelled into a severely damaged checkpoint area

Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing.

Figures are now at nearly 600 people dead and almost 2,500 missing, including five New Zealanders.

Rescuers on the Nepal-China border are pulling out flood survivors caked in dark brown mud while helicopters lift stranded people to safety

Rescuers retrieve flood survivors caked in mud as death toll in Nepal-China border disaster climbs  AP News

A huge wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China's Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding on the Nepali side.