KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) — Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods that devastated the mountainous nation.
At least 1,114 people have been killed, and nearly 4,000 remain unaccounted for, with officials fearing many are buried under debris left by the floods that tore through towns and valleys near the Chinese border.
Two Israeli citizens are among the missing, and about 30 Jews are among the missing.
Across the border in Tibet, China’s official toll has held steady since Sunday at 16 dead and 546 missing.
“The hope of finding survivors is decreasing,” said Phanindra Paudel, a senior official at the government’s National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC). “We pray and are hopeful. Hope is hope!”
