Nepal and China resumed flood rescue efforts in the Himalayas on Friday after an overflowing lake threat eased, as the death toll climbed to 584 and the number missing rose to more than 2,400. The disaster authority in Nepal added 933 hydropower workers to the missing list, while rescuers battled mud, threatened by new flooding, and searched for people trapped in tunnel sites. The U.S. Geological Survey said a glacial collapse triggered the deadly flow of ice, mud and debris. Some bodies were recovered in India, and China said its rescue operation in Tibet had been paused briefly before resuming.
People search the names of their relatives on lists of missing people outside the army operations center in the aftermath of flash floods, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Friday. EPA-Yonhap
NUWAKOT, Nepal — The number of people missing in Nepal and China leaped to more than 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.
Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 584 bodies so far — and some of the dead swept downstream as far away as India.
