Nepal flood death toll rises to 359 PHOTO / VIDEO / UPDATED

The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 359, with bodies recovered across eight districts of the country, according to police cited by The Kathmandu Post.

The latest toll includes 17 deaths in Rasuwa, 28 in Nuwakot, 33 in Dhading, 132 in Chitwan, 30 in Gorkha, 22 in Tanahun, 82 in Nawalparasi East and 15 in Nawalparasi West.

Earlier reports said Russian and Ukrainian nationals were among those reported missing.

There is currently no information indicating that Azerbaijani citizens are among those killed, injured or missing in the floods along the Nepal-China border.

Search-and-rescue operations are continuing in the affected areas as authorities work to locate people still unaccounted for.

15:43

The death toll from floods in Nepal has risen to 270, while nearly 1,500 people remain missing, Nepal News reported.

Among those missing are 28 police officers.

Earlier reports said that Russian and Ukrainian nationals were also among those reported missing.

There is currently no information indicating that any Azerbaijani citizens are among those killed, injured or missing in the floods along the Nepal-China border.

11:53

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to at least 177, while more than 1,000 people remain missing.

Sky News reports that more than 3,300 police officers and emergency personnel have been mobilised to carry out rescue operations and provide assistance to the affected population.

09:42

At least 157 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal and another three in Tibet, the Associated Press reported, citing local authorities, as search-and-rescue operations continued in areas devastated by sudden flooding and landslides.

Rescue efforts have been severely hampered by destroyed roads and bridges, as well as disruptions to communications, making it difficult for emergency teams to reach some of the worst-affected areas.

According to the Nepalese government, 484 tourists remain unaccounted for, including 391 foreign nationals. The Russian Embassy in Nepal said at least four Russian citizens were in the disaster zone and that contact with them had been lost.

Nepalese authorities also reported that 85 military and police personnel and about 60 employees at hydropower facilities were missing.

On the Chinese side of the border, authorities in Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region reported 265 people missing. Taken together, the number of people whose whereabouts remain unknown in Nepal and Tibet could be approaching 900.

Nepal’s Rasuwa district has been among the areas hardest hit. Torrents of water and mud destroyed homes, roads and bridges and damaged energy infrastructure with a capacity of about 430 megawatts.

Rasuwa is also located along a route used by tourists and pilgrims travelling toward Mount Kailash.

In Tibet, a mudslide damaged the Gyirong border crossing, disrupting road links, electricity supplies and communications.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered large-scale search-and-rescue operations and instructed authorities to evacuate people from areas considered at risk.

An earlier preliminary assessment suggested that the sudden flooding may have been triggered by a collapse of ice and rock that blocked the Lhende River in Nepal, causing a large volume of water to surge down the valley.

Ukraine has also reported missing nationals. “53 Ukrainians are listed as missing,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi told reporters, citing data from Nepalese police.

By Tamilla Hasanova