Nepalese Authorities: Flood Death Toll Exceeds 900, Nearly 4,250 Missing

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
Announces Figures as of Morning, 31st
592 Foreigners Among the Missing

Nepalese authorities have confirmed that the death toll from the floods has exceeded 900 as of the 31st (local time). The number of missing persons is estimated to be close to 4,250.

On the 31st (local time), Muna Kardka, the mother of Ayushi Kardka (21), who died in the massive flood disaster in Nepal, is crying near the cremation ground in Chitwan. Photo by Reuters Yonhap News

According to local Nepalese media Kathmandu Post, BBC, and CNN, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) announced that as of 9 a.m. on this day, the number of deaths caused by the floods had risen to 903. The number of missing persons has surged dramatically from 2,502 the previous day to about 4,247. Among the missing are 592 foreigners, as well as 933 individuals involved in hydropower plant construction projects whose whereabouts also remain unknown.

Nepalese authorities stated that a total of 20,819 personnel from the military, police, and armed police forces have been deployed to the affected areas to carry out search and rescue operations. To date, 10,451 people have been rescued, and helicopters have been deployed 411 times. The Nepalese military has rescued 3,344 Nepalis and 252 foreigners by air.

Foreign media reported that bodies washed away from the affected areas are being discovered even hundreds of kilometers downstream, making search and identification efforts increasingly difficult. Currently, unidentified bodies are being kept at 21 hospitals across Nepal.

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