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China-Nepal flash flood: 392 dead and over 1,000 missing, including hundreds of foreigners

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A rescuer helps a resident through heavy mud following flash floods in Trishuli, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Xinlu Liangin Beijing,Fan Chenin Hong KongandAlyssa Chenin Hong Kong
Rescue teams struggled to reach the site of a massive Himalayan mudslide and flash flood on the China-Nepal border as the toll from the disaster rose to 392 dead, with more than 1,000 missing.

As of Friday morning, three people were confirmed dead and 558 missing on the Chinese side, with 389 dead and at least 644 missing in Nepal.

“Nearly 100” Chinese nationals were missing on the Nepalese side, foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing on Thursday. The Chinese embassy in Nepal was working with local authorities to further verify the information, he added.

Those missing on the Chinese side include 260 foreign nationals, according to an official update on Thursday morning from Shigatse, the city in China’s Tibet autonomous region that administers the Gyirong border checkpoint.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived at the checkpoint on Thursday afternoon to direct disaster relief efforts and visit emergency responders.

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Rescuers pull mud-covered survivors stranded by Nepal flash floods

The Nepal Tourism Board said that among the missing from the disaster were 540 foreign nationals from more than two dozen countries.

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