Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake to search for thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.
Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044 , with a further 750 confirmed deaths -- and reports of some bodies possibly swept downstream as far away as India.
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The disaster, which struck the China-Nepal border Wednesday morning, was caused by a glacial collapse, sending a wall of water and debris downstream, the US Geological Survey said.
Chinese rescuers near the Tibet border port that was hit by a deadly mudslide were “moved to a safe location” Sunday, after a new lake was formed by a landslide, state media reported.
