Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 750, officials say, more than 3,000 missing
At least 90 Americans were still among the missing as of Friday.
LONDON -- The death toll from last week's flash flooding disaster in the Nepal-Tibet border region rose to at least 750 people as of Sunday, according to the latest updates from Nepali and Chinese officials.
At least 734 bodies had been recovered in Nepal as of Sunday, the Nepal National Disaster Management Authority said in a post to X. At least 2,498 people are still missing, the authority said.
On the other side of the border, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said that at least 16 people had been confirmed killed. Another 546 people were still missing, Xinhua reported.
At least 90 Americans were still among the missing as of Friday, according to a State Department spokesperson. The department confirmed Friday that five Americans had been evacuated, up from three on Thursday.
"There is no higher priority for us than the safety of American citizens," the State Department said in a statement on Saturday, saying U.S. embassies in Nepal and China were working to assist Americans and support disaster relief efforts.
In the statement, the State Department said it was "standing with the people of Nepal" and would provide "$3.6 million worth of life-saving humanitarian assistance, including up to three months of emergency food assistance to up to 10,000 flood-affected households."
The flooding, captured in dramatic video footage, occurred in the northern Rasuwa district along the border with Tibet at around 8:40 a.m. local time Wednesday, authorities said. The flooding inundated areas along the Trishuli River, burying some buildings and damaging bridges and roadways.
The deadly wall of water that descended from the mountains on the border between Nepal and Tibet caused destruction at least 62 miles downriver from the border in Nepal, an ABC News analysis of verified video and satellite images shows.
The flood was reportedly triggered by a landslide about 12 miles northeast of the Rasuwagadhi border post along the Nepal-China frontier, according to Nepal Disaster Management.
A 5.2-magnitude landslide was registered in Nepal on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The initial location of the glacier was a cliff about 16,000 feet high. The debris avalanche, or landslide, slid down 6,000 feet on the slope, the USGS said.
ABC News' Rashid Haddou contributed to this report.
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