China has provided a comprehensive list of 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries missing following a flood in Tibet near the Nepal border. Nepalese citizens constitute the largest group of missing foreigners, followed by Indians. The release marks the first time China has detailed the nationalities of those affected by the disaster. Authorities have also confirmed fatalities on the Tibetan side and that no foreign survivors remain stranded. Joint rescue operations involving Indian and Chinese teams are supporting Nepal in locating missing hydropower workers amidst evolving flood conditions and barrier lake risks.

China has provided a comprehensive list of 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries missing following a flood in Tibet near the Nepal border. Nepalese citizens constitute the largest group of missing foreigners, followed by Indians. The release marks the first time China has detailed the nationalities of those affected by the disaster. Authorities have also confirmed fatalities on the Tibetan side and that no foreign survivors remain stranded. Joint rescue operations involving Indian and Chinese teams are supporting Nepal in locating missing hydropower workers amidst evolving flood conditions and barrier lake risks.

China has provided a comprehensive list of 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries missing following a flood in Tibet near the Nepal border. Nepalese citizens constitute the largest group of missing foreigners, followed by Indians. The release marks the first time China has detailed the nationalities of those affected by the disaster. Authorities have also confirmed fatalities on the Tibetan side and that no foreign survivors remain stranded. Joint rescue operations involving Indian and Chinese teams are supporting Nepal in locating missing hydropower workers amidst evolving flood conditions and barrier lake risks.

Chinese authorities have released a new list breaking down the nationalities of the foreign citizens who are missing after the flood along the border of Tibet and Nepal.

The Tibet authorities say that 261 foreigners from 23 different countries were missing after the deluge.

The list included 104 Nepalese citizens, followed by 49 Indians.

Others on the list include 33 Latvians; 18 from the United States; 15 from Britain; six each from Canada and Australia; four from South Africa; three each from Malaysia, Germany and Russia; two from Ireland, Estonia, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand; and one from Kazakhstan, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Ukraine, Spain and Hungary.

This is the first time China has released a country-by-country breakdown of the foreigners who went missing after the deluge.

Beijing said that it has notified the diplomatic missions of the countries affected.

Authorities also said that no foreign survivors were stranded in the area.

On Sunday, China also confirmed about 16 deaths on the Tibetan side after Wednesday’s glacier collapse triggered the deluge.

A total of 546 people remain missing, they said.

In Nepal, 734 people are dead, and 2,498 people remain missing.

Meanwhile, Indian and Chinese rescue teams are aiding Nepal rescuers as they try to locate the missing 900 hydropower workers from plants located on the two rivers, CNN reported.

Tibetan authorities on Sunday also said that the the main threat to rescue efforts was a barrier lake that formed about 13 kilometres from the border. However they authorities updated that he largest lake formed was gradually draining away with low risk.

A new barrier lake was formed after a landslide on Saturday on a river near the Gyirong Port. Rescue personnel in the area were evacuated, CCTV reported.

The lake was formed after a new blockade in the river after the landslide on a mountain slope about 2.8 kilometres downstream of the existing barrier lake on the  Purepu Tsangpo River, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management reported.

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