Nepal-China Floods Kill 359, Over 1,400 Missing Including Many Foreigners

At least 359 people died and more than 1,400 remain missing after catastrophic flash floods struck a border area of China and Nepal, disaster management authorities said Thursday. The missing include hundreds of foreign nationals who were trekking, on guided tours, or making a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a sacred Hindu site in Tibet.

Nepal's disaster management authority reported 910 people still missing, of whom 517 are foreign nationals. Fifty foreigners have been rescued by air so far. Chinese state media said 558 people were missing in Gyirong County, Tibet, including 260 foreigners. Nearly 100 Chinese citizens were missing on the Nepal side, China's foreign ministry said.

India's External Affairs Ministry said 288 Indian nationals remain uncontactable, including 73 who were working on a power project. The U.S. State Department said 90 Americans are unaccounted for, with no U.S. deaths confirmed. Three Americans have been rescued. Malaysia reported 51 missing, Ukraine 55, Australia 39, Britain 33, Canada 25, South Korea 9, Singapore 8, Germany 8, Russia 8, South Africa 6, Latvia 6, Japan 5, New Zealand 5, France 4, Belgium 3, Spain 3, and two each from Italy, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Ireland and the Netherlands. Ten others from Belarus, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Philippines, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Serbia and Sweden are also missing.

The numbers may vary across agencies due to differences in data collection, reporting timelines, and coordination gaps between rescue teams and data assemblers.