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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000
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BIDUR (NEPAL) - Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.
Key facts
- Figures from both countries put the number of missing close to 3,000, with 691 bodies recovered -- and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India.
- BIDUR (NEPAL) - Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.
- The United States and Canada said it would provide $3.6 million each in humanitarian aid to Nepal.
- The UK has offered $6.8 million in aid while the UN released $2.5 million in emergency funding.
- The European Union on Friday promised $2.3 milllion and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it had allocated more than $1 million, and launched an emergency appeal for $31 million.
Summary
Figures from both countries put the number of missing close to 3,000, with 691 bodies recovered -- and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India.
The disaster, which struck the China-Nepal border Wednesday morning, was caused by a glacial collapse, sending a wall of water and debris downstream, the US Geological Survey said.