Eight Koreans were unaccounted for and 10 others were stranded after a massive flood in Nepal, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. The missing were employees of Korea South-East Power and Doosan Enerbility working on a hydropower plant in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. President Lee Jae Myung ordered authorities to mobilize all available resources for an urgent search and rescue operation. Nepal’s government sent a helicopter to evacuate the stranded Koreans.
Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Wednesday. A massive flood swept through Nepal's northern Rasuwa district, damaging roads and power infrastructure as authorities scrambled to assess the scale of the destruction. AFP-Yonhap
Eight Koreans were unaccounted for and 10 others were stranded following a massive flood in Nepal, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
The eight missing Koreans were employees of Korea South-East Power and plant builder Doosan Enerbility, who were working on the construction of a hydropower plant in Nepal's Rasuwa district, the ministry said.
Another 10 Koreans affiliated with Doosan Enerbility were stranded in the area and awaiting rescue, the ministry said.
