Nepal-Tibet floods live updates: Nearly 2,000 missing, including 41 Aussies, amid desperate rescue mission
LIVE UPDATES: Nearly 2000 people have been declared missing, including 41 Australians, as rescuers brave dangerous conditions in a desperate bid to find survivors.
Scroll down for the latest news and live updates.
Chloe Maher is reporting live.
WATCH: Trapped workers freed from tunnel
Army soldiers in Nepal have waded through thick mud in a race to free people trapped inside a tunnel at a hydroplant.
“As far as I can see, it’s nothing but debris,” rescue official Zou Mingqi told state media.
Dramatic vision, posted by Nepal Prime Minsiter Balendra Shah, shows the moment rescuers pull trapper workers from the tunnel.
More people declared missing as total surges near 2000
The number of people mssing in Nepal has now doubled to nearly 2000.
According to Nepal’s Natural Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, at least 1,924 people are unnaccounted for.
The death toll has now reached 584.
Number of Australians missing in Nepal rises amid desperate rescue mission
There are now 41 Australians who are unaccounted for in Nepal, after it was reported there were 39 missing Aussies on Friday.
This total number excludes Australian Cara Severino, who was able to make contact with her parents, Debbie and Frank Severino, on Friday morning.
It is believed the 26-year-old was hiking in the Langtan National Park with “some other Nepalese hikers” when the floods crashed through the region on Wednesday.
Good morning
Welcome to our rolling coverage of the latest events in Nepal and Tibet as the rescue mission to find survivors from the catastrophic floods continues.
As it currently stands, the death toll has risen to 579, while thousands are still missing, including 38 Australians .
Stay with us throughout the day as we bring you live updates.
