Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said Monday morning that 903 bodies had been recovered amid the disastrous flooding along the Nepalese-Chinese border, with over four thousand people remaining missing. Chinese authorities reported 16 dead and 546 missing in Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region as of Saturday evening.
Chinese officials said a glacier on the south slope of Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal fractured at an elevation of about 5,200 meters, triggering an ice-rock avalanche that scoured the mountainside and developed into a massive debris flow. Chinese scientists said the flow reached Gyirong Port in about six to seven minutes.
A barrier lake formed by the landslide had largely drained by Sunday, Chinese authorities said, but a new landslide farther downstream created another barrier and lake, prompting continued monitoring and safety measures. Nepali scientists have also been examining the chain of events behind the flooding.
Indian, Chinese and South Korean tunnel-rescue specialists were mobilized over the weekend to support the search and rescue effort. Further rain and rising river levels remained a threat in affected areas.
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