33 British Nationals Missing After Nepal Floods That Killed 538
· World · BBC News, NDTV
Families of 33 British nationals missing after devastating floods in Nepal are flying out to assist search efforts, as Nepalese authorities named 573 tourists still unaccounted for on Friday. The disaster, which began on Wednesday, has killed at least 538 people across Nepal and Tibet. Among the missing is 51-year-old Neetu Goyal Tiwari, a London resident who had travelled to Delhi and then to Kathmandu on 14 August with a group from the Isha Foundation for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage; she was last at the Gyirong checkpoint when the floods struck, meaning China is now coordinating the search for her. Bipin and Mala Patel, a couple from Coventry, crossed into Tibet from Nepal moments before a landslide hit the Gyirong border crossing, and their two sons are in contact with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Pramod Poudel of Uckfield, East Sussex, is returning to Nepal after losing contact with his wife Sumitra Sapkota and family since Wednesday. Search efforts have cont
Why it matters
The flooding has stranded hundreds of tourists from multiple countries along the Nepal-Tibet border pilgrimage route, with the Gyirong checkpoint emerging as the focal point of the disaster and families of British and Indian-origin pilgrims racing to coordinate rescue efforts across three governments.
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