A bus carrying people rescued from the flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa crashed in Danda, east of Nawalparasi, on Sunday, injuring at least 32.
The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. 27 of the injured passengers have already been discharged after treatment, and five of them remain hospitalised, Nawalpur East deputy superintendent of police Anil Pandit told the BBC. Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.
