At least 987 people have died in Nepal following devastating floods along the China-Nepal border, taking the overall death toll from the disaster to more than 1,000.
Chinese state media reported that 16 people were killed in Tibet, bringing the combined death toll to 1,003 after the disaster struck on Wednesday.
Rescue operations entered their seventh day in Nepal, where the number of missing people fell to 3,916 as authorities recovered more bodies.
In China, 546 people remain missing, bringing the total number of missing across the two countries to 4,462.
Nepalese authorities said 583 foreigners from more than 30 nationalities were among those missing. In China, 261 foreigners from 23 countries were also reported missing.
Indians account for a significant proportion of the missing foreigners in Nepal, with 275 Indian citizens and 128 people of Indian origin unaccounted for, according to the Indian government.
The United States has reported 85 missing citizens, while 62 Ukrainians, 51 Malaysians, 42 Australians and 33 British nationals are also among those reported missing, according to Nepalese authorities and diplomatic sources.
Meanwhile, authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh State have recovered 17 bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal. The bodies are believed to be those of flood victims but are not included in the official death toll pending identification.
