KATHMANDU, July 8 – Eighteen people including six Chinese nationals went missing in floods triggered by incessant rainfalls on Tuesday morning in northern Nepal.
According to the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, six Chinese nationals and eight Nepali nationals went missing as they had been working together on facilities aided by China at Rasuwagadhi border point.
Rasuwagadhi police confirmed that eighteen people including three Nepali police officers and nine Nepali nationals were reported missing in addition to the Chinese.
The Chinese embassy has sent a working group to the disaster-stricken area.
Inspector Krishna Dhital from Rasuwa district police told Xinhua earlier that the majority of the missing were working at a dry port close to the border.
A bridge at the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point was washed away, and several electric vehicles parked at the dry port were swept away, Dhital said.
Two bodies have been found in neighboring Dhading district, Subash Hamal, spokesperson for Dhading district police, told Xinhua.
Nepal suffers from floods, landslides and mudslides sparked by monsoon rains each year.
XINHUA
