Number of Portuguese nationals missing in Nepal/Tibet flash flooding rises to four – Portugal Resident
Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the number of Portuguese nationals unaccounted for after the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet has risen to four.
“The ministry confirms that two further Portuguese nationals, who were travelling through Tibet, are missing.
“In total, four Portuguese nationals are now missing,” the ministry stated in a note sent to the Lusa news agency.
According to the latest figures, the total death toll rose today to 359.
Rescue teams are continuing to search for more than 1,300 people still missing following the disaster, described by some as an ‘inland tsunami’.
Nepalese authorities said today that they have rescued 445 people alive, including 27 foreigners.
The wave of water and mud struck the Bhotekoshi River at around 9:15 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. in Lisbon), coming from the Tibetan side, and hit the towns of Timure, Rasuwagadhi and Syabrubesi particularly hard, according to official sources.
The floodwaters also reached Chinese territory.
Dozens of CCTV images show small villages, reservoirs, bridges and other infrastructure being completely destroyed as the river running through them suddenly swelled, while dozens of people ran in an attempt to escape.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) initially recorded an earthquake of magnitude 4.4, but subsequently reclassified the event as a landslide.
According to the USGS, the landslide had a magnitude of 5.2 and occurred around 55 kilometres north-west of Kodari, in Nepal.
The Nepalese Government has declared the affected areas a disaster zone for a period of three months and has ordered the mobilisation of military and private helicopters for search and rescue operations, as well as ensuring that injured people will receive free medical care and that repairs to roads, the electricity grid and telecommunications networks will be sped up.
Source: LUSA
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