Rescuers scour Nepal flood debris as risk of fresh flooding grows
Nepal’s disaster management authority warned that a lake formed by debris blocking the Bhotekoshi River was rising and at risk of bursting, while on the other side of the border China said that some 3 million cubic metres of water – the equivalent of about 1 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools – was expected to flow into an already dammed lake over the next three days.
Video| Rescuers race against time in Nepal flash floods: TORRENT TORE THROUGH BORDER CROSSING Chinese rescuers had yet to reach the worst-hit area on the Chinese side of the border, the Gyirong border crossing, by Thursday evening, state media reports indicated, as crews worked to clear debris from the key access road leading to the area.
The confirmed death toll in Nepal rose to 469 people early on Friday, with almost 1 000 more missing there and in neighbouring Tibet, near where a glacier collapse on Wednesday morning sent a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris cascading through Himalayan Mountain river systems.
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