Nepal authorities today updated the provisional balance of the devastating flood that occurred on Wednesday on the border with China, registering 939 dead and 3,925 missing. China's state media reported 16 dead and 546 missing on the Tibet side.
With these combined data, the provisional total of victims of the catastrophe rises to 955 dead and 4,471 missing. The previous balance indicated 919 dead and 4,793 people unaccounted for, representing a significant increase in the number of dead but a decrease in the missing.
Among those missing in Nepal are pilgrims and tourists from various countries who were in the region affected by the flood at the time of the catastrophe.
