Nine Koreans remained missing after severe flooding struck Nepal’s north-central Himalayan region, and Seoul said it would send an 11-member rapid response team to support search and rescue efforts. The flooding hit the Rasuwa region on Wednesday while Korean employees of Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility were working on a hydroelectric power plant. Nepalese authorities said 160 people were killed and 403 others went missing, including 341 foreign nationals.
A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devighat Nepal, Wednesday. Rescue teams rushed on Thursday to find hundreds of people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 160 and swept away entire villages. AFP-Yonhap
Nine Koreans remained missing after severe flooding struck Nepal’s north-central Himalayan region, where at least 160 people were killed and 403 others went missing, according to the Korean government, Thursday.
An 11-member government rapid response team will depart Incheon International Airport at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, to support search and rescue operations for the missing Koreans.
The flooding struck the Rasuwa region, Wednesday, where employees of Korea South-East Power Co. and Doosan Enerbility were working on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant.
