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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster

Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

Rescuers struggled on Monday through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 5 000 since tsunami-like glacial floods roared down from the China-Nepal border, creating an “unimaginable” disaster.

Bodies recovered in India The huge wave of freezing water, rocks and debris that smashed into villages and towns on Wednesday killed at least 903 people in Nepal and in Tibet, in China, with at least 17 bodies pulled from rivers downstream in India.

The floods killed at least 903 people in Nepal and in Tibet, in China, with at least 17 bodies pulled from rivers downstream in India.

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