Nepal Resumes Flood Rescue, Seeks Technical Help, Billions Of Dollars For Rebuilding Efforts
Nepal has resumed search and rescue work on Saturday after a brief weather-related suspension, as authorities search for nearly 3,000 missing people following a devastating flood that killed hundreds and tore through a region bordering Tibet.
The Himalayan nation of 30 million people has called for specialist foreign assistance, with its finance minister stating that they would need approximately $4 billion to $5 billion to rebuild.
Triggered by a glacier collapse, the flood brought about by a torrent of rock, ice, mud, and debris hurtled through mountain river systems on Wednesday, resulting in at least 669 deaths in Nepal and seven in China’s Tibet. It destroyed buildings, bridges, and power stations.
Nearly 3,000 people remain missing, including approximately 2,426 in Nepal and 554 in Tibet’s Gyirong County, among them at least 540 foreign nationals, many of them Hindu pilgrims from India.
Search and rescue operations resumed in the afternoon after being temporarily halted due to rain and fog, according to a police officer in the hard-hit Rasuwa district.
"Helicopters are flying and the operation resumed following some improvement in weather," he stated, on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
