Nepal flash flood death toll rises amid fears over second disaster
- Nepal is bracing for potential further waves of deadly flash flooding and landslides following a catastrophe that has already claimed the lives of more than 350 people.
- Basanta Raj Adhikari, director of the Centre for Disaster Studies at Tribhuvan University, warned that weather conditions could deteriorate further, heightening the risk of subsequent disasters.
- The Nepalese disaster authority expressed grave concern over a river that has become blocked, creating an unstable lake that poses a severe threat of a catastrophic breach.
- Rescue operations are being heavily hindered with nearly 1,400 individuals currently unaccounted for, including almost 650 foreign nationals and 33 British tourists.
- Bishal Nath Upreti, president of the Nepal Centre for Disaster Management, characterised the event as a tsunami from the sky that completely erased villages along a 40 to 50 kilometre stretch.
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